Three Types of My Friends

張貼日期：Apr 22, 2010 1:41:10 AM

Three Types of My Friends

Jeff Guan

      It goes without saying that friends are important in our lives. Friends are the necessaries in our daily life. There is a proverb that says, “Friend is like a mirror who can tell you the truth that you don’t see.”There is a Chinese music composer who composed a beautiful song named “Sharing.” The lyrics of the song are “Friends are like windows; they expand our horizon and make us see a different world.” In my life I have made a lot of friends, and I classify my friends into three types. One type is fair weather friends, another is common friends, and the other is bosom friends. All of them are my friends, but they have different influences on me. They also have different meanings in my life. I will introduce these three types of my friends.

     The first type is fair weather friends. In fact, fair weather friends make you happy and give you fun. But you should think carefully about this kind of friends, because you will discover some problems in them. They don’t use their heart to make friends with you. When we get along with them we feel very happy, but after the shallow happiness goes away, we probably feel very empty. As time goes by, I will discover they do not show their real self to me; for example, they can’t help you when you are in a bad situation. They always wear a thick mask on their face. When you first meet them, you will feel very happy every day. It‘s like a fair weather. But they are like the weather that changes quickly. In my life, to tell the truth this kind of friend is the majority. For example, when I was in junior high school, one boy named John was a very naughty boy but he had a lot of humorous ideas and he could relax me by his jokes in my study life. But when I met some frustration or some problem, he thought I was a trouble, so he didn’t want to make friends with me. I think this kind of friendship is too shallow to last long. The other friend, Sam, he gave me a lot of fun in my study time. When he had a test, he didn’t want to talk with me. He became selfish and he just cared about himself. Although fair weather friends can make much fun in our lives, this kind of friendship is shallow and cannot last long. 

     Another type of friend is common friends. Common friends can get along with you. But when you have some big problems, they can’t solve your problems because they don’t know you very well. For example, I had a common friend in my senior high school year. His friend was Ken. He was a very considerate person. We could discuss a lot of things about religion. But I didn’t share all of myself or secrets with him. We were just concerned about the superficial things of our lives. We didn’t talk very deeply about our heart.

     A bosom friend is a shining, shimmering and splendid star in the dark sky. When you feel frustrated, they know you very well and they can give good suggestion to you. They can comfort you when you are in the hard time. They talk to you with their heart. In my life, it’s hard to find one person with whom I can share my whole heart. In my high school year, I tried to make this kind of friend. Although it was very hard, eventually I found one such friend. His name was Brian. Even now I am in the university; I usually get in contact with him. When we were in high school, we shared both happiness and sorrow. We could share a lot of secrets with each other. Bosom friends are very important in our lives. It is just like a proverb that says, “A friend in need is a friend indeed.”