Goodmorning,mydearteachers

　　Whatisfriendship?Theanswersmaybedifferent.Butonethingisclearthatfriendshipisthemostimportantingredientintherecipeoflife.Wecannotlivewithoutfriendshipjustaswecannotsurvivewithoutairandwater.Friendshipgivesusafeelingofsecurityandwarmth,andfriendshipencouragesustogoaheadallthetime.

　　Everyoneneedsfriendsandiseagertogetfriendship.Whenwefeelhappy,wecanshareourhappinesswithfriends.Whenwefeelgloomy,friendswillcomfortus.Ifwearearrogant,ourfriendscanpersuadeus,andtheycanmakeusconfidentandbravewhenwearediscouraged.

　　Friendshipisvaluable.Itcantouchyourheartandgiveyouhope.Manypeopleareproudofhavingagoodfriend.Truefriendshipmustbesincereandmustnothaveconditions.Ifyouhelpyourfriendsfornoreasonbutsimplybecausetheyareyourfriends,thismeansthatyouregardyourfriendsasyourself.Thisistruefriends.

　　Truefriendshipshouldbebasedonmutualunderstanding,notonmutualbenefit.Moreover,bothmustalsohavesimilarideals.Ifnot,theirfriendshipstillcannotlastlong.Sometimes,peoplehavegoodfriendswhentheyareyoungandstudyinginschool.However,aftergraduation,whentheyareworkinginthesociety,theirfriendshipwillsooncometoanend.

　　Mutualunderstandingdoesn鈥檛alwaysmeanthatweshouldknoweverythingofourfriends.Itmeansthattheyhavesimilaridealsandtrusteachother.Ontheotherhand,doingsimilarthingscanbuildupthefriendship.

　　Infact,friendshipisn鈥檛alwayseasilykept.Whenyouwanttokeepafriend,youshouldtreathimorherlikeyouwanttobetreated.Keepthesecretsthatyourfriendtellsyou.Keepyourpromisewithyourfriend.Sharethingswithyourfriend.Stickupforyourfriend.Weshouldtryourbesttoprotectthefriendshipfrombeinghurt.Asanoldsayinggoes,鈥淔riendshipcannotstandalwaysononeside.鈥Truefriendshipshouldbeabletostandallkindsoftests.

　　Becauseoffriendship,ourlivesarefullofhappiness.Therefore,themorefriendswehave,themorepleasurewecansharewiththem.Let鈥檚say鈥淭hankyou鈥toourfriendsfortheirloveandcare.Nomatterwherewegoorwhowebecome,neverforgettokeepthebeautifulfriendship!

　　Everyoneofus,richorpoor,shouldatleasthaveoneortwogoodfriends.MyfriendswilllistentomewhenIwanttospeak,willwipemyeyeswhenIcry,willtakecareofmewhenIamsick,andmyfriendswillgotogetherwithmesidebysidethroughthisjourneyoflife.

　　Asstudents,wecouldsharemoretimewithourfriends.Thefriendshipinouryoungheartsispure,freshandsimple.Ioftenfeelveryluckytohavealotofgoodfriends.EspeciallywhenIhadJustinasoneofmybestfriends.JustinwasmyEnglishteacherfromtheUSA.Imethimin1996whenIwasastudentwhocouldonlyspeakverylittleEnglish.Justinwasavividyoungmanwithabrightsmileonhisface,andhealwayshadhisspecialwaytomaketheclassactiveandattractive.HetaughtusEnglishbytellingstories,playinggames,singingsongs,andevendancing.Icouldstillrememberveryclearlythatoneafternoonwhenwefin-ishedourclass,wewenttosomeotherclassestosingsongsforthem,justlikewhatpeopledointhestatesonChristmasEve.Itwassointerestingandunforgettable.Justinwasanexcellentteacher,becausehetaughtusnotonlyhowtostudyEnglishwell,butalsothewaytofindoutthebeautyofthewor