1、To Be a Better Friend 做个更好的朋友Let go of your less central friendships. Many of our friendships were never meant to last a lifetime. Its natural that some friendships have time limits. Furthermore, now everyone has a busy social calendar, so pull back from some people that you dont really want to draw
2、 close to and give the most promising friendship a fair chance to grow.对友谊要有所取舍。不吝放弃无足轻重的友情。许多友谊本身就不会长久,有些经不起时间的考验也很正常。此外,每个人都有自己的应酬日程,所以,对于有些自己并不想真正接近的人,该远离时就远离;而对于那些最重要的友情,我们应该着力培养。Dont make your friends problems your own. Sharing your friends grief is the way you show deep friendship. But taking
3、on your friends pain doesnt make that pain go away. theres a big difference between empathy or recognizing a friends troubled people just need hteir friends to stay grounded in their own feelings.要理智的分担朋友的痛苦。与朋友同舟共济是友谊深厚的表现。但是,和朋友一起面对痛苦并不能使痛苦消除。而理解与过分感受朋友的痛苦有很大的区别,要知道,后者会让痛苦中的朋友更悲伤。因而,请记住,处于逆境中的人只需要
4、朋友的精神慰藉。Never underestimate the value of loyalty. Loyalty has always been rated as one of the most desired qualities in friends. True loyalty can be a fairly subtle thing. Some people feel it means that, no matter what, your friend will always take your side. But real loyalty is being accepting the person, not necessarily of certain actions your friend might take.不要忽视忠诚的价值。长久以来,忠诚始终被视为朋友间最珍贵的品质之一。真正的忠诚是非常细微、具体的。有些人认为,不论你做什么,朋友总会支持你,这就是真正的忠诚。然而,真正的忠诚是接受你的朋友,而非赞同他所有的行为。