Think Happy!

Given the recent post on the benefits of friendship, I thought this deserved a link.

Goodlife Zen posts 35 Ways to Create Lasting Friendships:

I’ve collected 35 tips for you on how to create lasting friendships. Some of the tips are about finding friends, others are about how to deepen a friendship once it’s formed. Finally there are some points on how to repair a friend.

Then, under the marvellous heading, Good friends help us to understand who we really are, Mary Jaksch offers some useful tips that are well-worth a read

Speaking from personal experience, I would say that number 20 is particularly valuable.

20. Don’t gossip. If a new friend hears you revealing personal stories of othere, he or she will be wary of your discretion.

The one thing that isn’t mentioned, but that is related to the above (and is implied by a number of other points), is Honesty. I know of no other practice that I value most in my friends.