"Make new friends, keep the old one. The one is silver, the other is gold." – ADAGE
Research shows that people are happiest and healthiest of those well connected to their friends and family. But consider possible.First mobile in our society, friends are not always, which means as a friend for you. Who are your best friends? What qualities do they have? Once you have a clear idea of the kinds of friendships that you like, you can decideCreating more of them in your life. This can be done in two ways:
• Make changes in your current relationship, ask your friends, participate in activities you enjoy and spend more time with friends, whose friendship style is best complement your own.
• Create new friendships – Reach out to your colleagues, neighbors, or members of the church and invite them to accompany you in a preferred activities or for coffee. Alternatively, you can participate in a discussionGroup focused on literature, film or painting, or a yoga class or cooking. If you time with people who have similar interests, you'll quickly make new friends.
If you find that you do not have enough friends, here are some guidelines for new ones. Of course you can adapt these suggestions to suit your personal taste.
1. Get a life. When you meet people with whom you shared something to do things on a regular basis, affect the other.Activities may be under-class field, enter clubs, recreation, volunteer work, sport or a game, hiking, or any action which meets regularly. The people you meet share your interests and you have something to tell and enjoy together.
2. Find people, interesting fun. Then, in an ongoing activity, and for the same people at regular intervals gives you the opportunity to get to know them before you decide to pursue a personal relationship. If you findRecommend think is particularly nice to spend some time talking with him or her, during or after your activity. Ask questions about the project you are working, or exchange of experiences and advice. If you all love the conversation goes well, you can take before or after the meeting for coffee. From there you start to do more things together, to create a model of friendship.
3. Do not neglect the people who you know. As you make new friendsForget not know the people you already. Is there a member of the family favorite that you like to see more often? Call him and hit a walk or lunch. There is evidence in the work, at church, participating in your area are your child (or yourself) the school or elsewhere, with which one could develop a friendship? Consider them. Let people know that you want to share events and activities.
Time with friends is an advantageYour emotional health, mental and physical. If you follow the above steps, you will find that this is not as difficult as you think, make friends. (From "The Ten Smartest Decisions Adapted can make a woman after forty (c) Tessina, 2001)