TERM 1
1
DEFINITION 1
"Friendship can help each other. A true friend is
someone who lets you have total freedom to be
yourself- and especially to feel. Or, not to feel.
Whatever you happen to be feeling at that moment is
fine with them. That's what real love amounts to-
letting a person be."
TERM 2
2
DEFINITION 2
We all judge people. You're probab ly judging me right now. It's
okay, it's what humans do. What's no t okay is when you judge
somebody and then decide you don 't like them simply because
they're different from you. Did you k now that the best friends
are people who are completely and utterly different from you?
Whether it be because they have d ifferent interests from you,
come from a different background fr om you.We all need people
in our lives that shine a light on area s we may have never
considered before. Here are four re asons why it's good to have
friends who are different from you.
TERM 3
3
DEFINITION 3
Number one. Increasing your self-awareness of others.
Spending time with people wh o are just like you may seem
like the easy way to go; they t hink like you so you won't
have many arguments, they c ome from similar
backgrounds from you so you won't have to worry about
offending them. The advantag es seem to be endless, but I
can assure you that the disa dvantages outweigh them by
far.
TERM 4
4
DEFINITION 4
If you only ever hang out with people who are similar to
you, you'll get into the mindset that your view is the only
view because you've never bee n forced to back up why you
believe you're right or hear oth ers views which may cause
you to think "Oh! I've never thought of this before, it's
probably a better idea than m ine." Being friends with
people who are different from you will allow you to move
away from those us VS them and right VS wrong mindsets
and allow youto consider othe r people's ideas and not just
your own.
TERM 5
5
DEFINITION 5
On the other hand, if just hung out with people similar to
you, you wouldn't know how to deal with the wide range of
people you'll be exposed to in the real world. Most of
which, won't be like you at all . For example, imagine if you
were in a job interview and yo ur potential employer says
something you don't agree wit h. Because you've only
surrounded with people who t hink like you, you've never
had to deal with different opin ions from your own so what
do you do? You argue back bec ause you don't know any
better.
