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It is better to have one true friend than all the acquaintances in the world. Do you agree or disagree with this statement?

#friend #acquaintances #world
An individual might have lots of
friendship
 bonds along his journey of life. Number of one’s friends
depends
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depend
 on how extroverted he is. The question is: are they all available in need?
This
 essay agrees that one true
friendship
 bond’s worth is more than having so many relationships which cannot be counted on.
This
 essay will discuss
this
 matter from both materialistic and spiritual points of view.
Firstly
,
relaying
have confidence or faith in
relying
 on your friend’s money seems to be possible when the
friendship
 bond is powerful. Lack of sufficient money in some period of life or after an incident might happen to anyone.
For example
, I had an accident while driving two years ago and I did not have enough cash to cover all repairing expenses. Asking
from
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for
 my best friend resulted instantly transferring the amount I needed without hesitation from him. Not all friends do so.
Secondly
, not only a true friend will be there when you need a shoulder to cry, but
also
 he will try his best to make you feel
good
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better
; whether by showing empathy or making some distractions.
Small group
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A small group
 of people spend their valuable time to cheer us up and a special spiritual bond of
friendship
 is needed.
For instance
, when I was getting
divorce
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divorced
 about seven years ago, only one of my friends was beside me to ease my pain. He forced me
going
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to go
 to
psychologist
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a psychologist
psychologists
 and doing exercises. He was the only soul that brought me back to life while the others were watching from the distance. To conclude,
although
 we have so many friends around us, few people are true friends and they are the most valuable treasure we have.

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