Recently, I have been interested in the value of friendship. I am very lucky to have an awesome group of friends, and I hope that everyone is lucky enough to have friends like mine who will always have your back. I found an article recently about why good friends make you happy, and I thought it was interesting enough to share.
My favorite quote from the article was when it said, "Solid friendships provide needed validation that a person is valuable and of interest to other people." (Moeller 4). This was my favorite quote because I could relate to it so well. When you have good friends by your side, you do feel wanted and loved. You feel like they'll be there for you on your darkest days, as well as your best days. Whenever you're sad, they somehow know, and try their best to cheer you up because they don't want you to feel sad.
I guess it would make sense that my topic for the creative nonfiction unit is that the people you surround yourself with help shape who you are as a person. I picked this because it is very relevant to my life right now, I have found that I pick up on qualities that I see in my closest friends. For example, when I hang out with the friends that are very confident and outgoing, I find myself being more confident and loving myself more. I think it's a very cool thing that your friends can actually make you a better person just by being themselves.
Another cool quote from the article is when it said, "'People should learn to value relationships,' Antonucci concludes. 'They will make them happier. And with longer life expectancies, they really have to think about the kind of life they want to lead ... I think we underestimate how important it is in our lives to have relationships.'" (Moeller 9). I liked this quote because before this year, all of my friends had been relatively around my age but due to softball, I have met a lot of new friends that I would not have known otherwise, especially the seniors. It's good to have friends that are older than you because they can give you advice on things that they have been through and I haven't. It's also nice to have friends younger than you so they can help you get your mind off things and you can give them advice.
Here is the link to get to the article: http://money.usnews.com/money/personal-finance/articles/2012/03/15/why-good-friends-make-you-happy?page=2
I love this. I would also have to agree with surrounding yourself with who you would want to picture yourself as. Your voice shows a multitude of opinion, and it proves that claim right!
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