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4 Reasons Why You Struggle To Make Genuine Friends
“A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.” (Elbert Hubbard)
True friendships are one of the sweetest things that one can enjoy in a lifetime. They are the glue that holds our social lives together and provide an immense amount of meaning for us in both the short and long term.
One of the major obstacles that many people have is the fact that they don’t have that many deep and meaningful friendships. There is even a minority of people who don’t have any of these true friendships at all and that is a lonely place to find oneself in.
Let’s go through a few key things that are involved when it comes to the topic of true friendship.
Quality vs Quantity
Look around you and take a look at the social circle of your friends. You will find that the majority of them focus on the quantity of friends that they have as opposed to the quality of the friends that they have.
Quantity of friendships is nice, but it’s not sustainable and lacks the real meaning that quality of friendships provide. Quality will always win over quantity from the perspective of living a high quality life.
Quality and depth is the most important thing when it comes to friendships, especially if you only have a…
