Because we are social beings, relationships are very important — both to create and to maintain.\u00c2\u00a0 Below are 5 Keys for Keeping Your Friendships Strong … or, 5 Keys for Making Strong Friendships!<\/p>\n
Key #1:\u00c2\u00a0 Extend Yourself <\/strong> Key #2:\u00c2\u00a0 Remember Your Friend … just Because!<\/strong> — share your skills and interests<\/p>\n — volunteer your time and talents<\/p>\n — find out what others need … offer to help<\/p>\n Key #4:\u00c2\u00a0 Be Interesting … Have a Good Time!!<\/strong> Key #5:\u00c2\u00a0 Keep Confidences<\/strong> Because we are social beings, relationships are very important — both to create and to maintain. Read this post to learn the 5 Keys for Keeping Your Friendships Strong … or, 5 Keys for Making Strong Friendships!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[13,12,8],"class_list":["post-244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-emotional-healing","category-spiritual-healing","tag-communication","tag-life-coach","tag-mental-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":247,"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244\/revisions\/247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nBe the friend that you’d most want to have.\u00c2\u00a0 To do so, take care not to wait for the other person to make the first move.\u00c2\u00a0 Go ahead!\u00c2\u00a0 Think about your friends … and, then, let them know by staying in touch and initiating plans with them.<\/p>\n
\nDo you find it nice to have someone remember you?\u00c2\u00a0 Do you enjoy it when a friend calls or writes to say that s\/he were thinking about you?\u00c2\u00a0 Well, it is just as nice for your friend to receive these advances from you!\u00c2\u00a0 Think about it — Who you can reach out and “touch” today?\u00c2\u00a0 Who can you contact to let them know they are special to you.
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\nKey #3:\u00c2\u00a0 Have Value to Offer<\/strong>
\nAgain, don’t wait for your friend to make the first move.\u00c2\u00a0 Offer your time, energy, thought …<\/p>\n
\nTake time to have interests.\u00c2\u00a0 When you talk about these interests, you become interesting to others.\u00c2\u00a0 Focus on enjoying those interests!\u00c2\u00a0 Being around someone who is having fun is contageous!\u00c2\u00a0 The act of enjoying yourself can attract people to you!<\/p>\n
\nOne of the best ways to keep friends is to be trustworthy with secrets and personal information.\u00c2\u00a0 Even if your friend does not say to keep an important fact confidential, you will be doing yourself — and your friend — an immense favor to keep it just between the two of you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"