Many people consider friendship to be the greatest asset on earth. Studies confirm that deep connections are particularly good for us – and even make us live longer.
The biggest difference between relatives and friends is that you choose your friends yourself, says Heike Abidi. “You are given relatives at birth. But the relationship with friends is voluntary,” says the author of the entertaining non-fiction book “A true friend is like a bra.”
But this voluntary nature also brings with it a certain responsibility for the friendship. Because just as we find friends, we can also lose them. How do we ensure that friendships last and, ideally, deepen over the years? Heike Abidi has six helpful suggestions:
Source: Stern
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