<div>“No man is an island,” is a well-known cliché. None among us is happy for long without a human company.<br /><div> </div><div>The misanthrope is but an exception. <br /><br />Man is happy, mostly, only in the company of friends.</div><div> </div><div>This being a universal truth fails to be translated into a universal phenomenon. <br /><br />The reality is that modern man has more enemies than comrades, a larger circle of false friends than true supporters and a whole bunch of digital companions than dear relationships. <br /><br /></div><div>The startling consequence of this antagonistic scenario is at the root of a hostile and broken world.</div><div> </div><div>Undoing this scenario calls for an earnest effort from all of humanity to go on a war footing to make friends out of his fellow human being. </div><div> </div><div>The onus here is on every one. When making friends is at the heart of all and followed as a common life philosophy the floodgates to kinship and warmth open wide welcoming all into its fold.</div><div> </div><div>For those many among us, who grope in the dark to find answers to the question on how to win friends, Douglas E Lurton, a writer of motivational books advocated the following seven-day plan to win friends.</div><div> </div><div>On the first day, write a letter – write to an old friend or a new acquaintance. Make it a friendly, chatty and personal letter.</div><div> </div><div>On the second day, smile at every acquaintance you greet on the street or at work. Try to say a few words of praise to at least one person.</div><div> </div><div>On the third day, say something kind to every close associate you see.</div><div> </div><div>On the fourth day, call up someone you have just met and would like to know better and extend an invitation to lunch.</div><div> </div><div>On the fifth day, find someone who is not very popular and pay a lot of attention to him or her.</div><div><br />On the sixth day, carry on a conversation with a stranger – a waiter, a waitress, a bus driver, a cab driver, a train conductor. <br /></div><div> </div><div>If possible, praise something that person has done.</div><div> </div><div>On the seventh day, encourage two people to talk about themselves. Say little about yourself. Get the others to talk.</div><div> </div><div>This seven-day approach to making friends, he says, is something that though might seem calculating is necessary, for most men are reserved and that is a hindrance to making friends.<br /><br /></div><div>Making as many friends as possible is one of life’s most rewarding skills. A friendly person is welcome anywhere. He becomes an instant hero. <br /><br />He is like the golden beam of light that breaks through grey clouds dispelling darkness. <br /></div><div> </div><div>And this skill can simply be developed by paying heed to Ralph Waldo Emerson’s words, “The only way to have a friend is to be a friend.”</div><div><br /></div></div>
<div>“No man is an island,” is a well-known cliché. None among us is happy for long without a human company.<br /><div> </div><div>The misanthrope is but an exception. <br /><br />Man is happy, mostly, only in the company of friends.</div><div> </div><div>This being a universal truth fails to be translated into a universal phenomenon. <br /><br />The reality is that modern man has more enemies than comrades, a larger circle of false friends than true supporters and a whole bunch of digital companions than dear relationships. <br /><br /></div><div>The startling consequence of this antagonistic scenario is at the root of a hostile and broken world.</div><div> </div><div>Undoing this scenario calls for an earnest effort from all of humanity to go on a war footing to make friends out of his fellow human being. </div><div> </div><div>The onus here is on every one. When making friends is at the heart of all and followed as a common life philosophy the floodgates to kinship and warmth open wide welcoming all into its fold.</div><div> </div><div>For those many among us, who grope in the dark to find answers to the question on how to win friends, Douglas E Lurton, a writer of motivational books advocated the following seven-day plan to win friends.</div><div> </div><div>On the first day, write a letter – write to an old friend or a new acquaintance. Make it a friendly, chatty and personal letter.</div><div> </div><div>On the second day, smile at every acquaintance you greet on the street or at work. Try to say a few words of praise to at least one person.</div><div> </div><div>On the third day, say something kind to every close associate you see.</div><div> </div><div>On the fourth day, call up someone you have just met and would like to know better and extend an invitation to lunch.</div><div> </div><div>On the fifth day, find someone who is not very popular and pay a lot of attention to him or her.</div><div><br />On the sixth day, carry on a conversation with a stranger – a waiter, a waitress, a bus driver, a cab driver, a train conductor. <br /></div><div> </div><div>If possible, praise something that person has done.</div><div> </div><div>On the seventh day, encourage two people to talk about themselves. Say little about yourself. Get the others to talk.</div><div> </div><div>This seven-day approach to making friends, he says, is something that though might seem calculating is necessary, for most men are reserved and that is a hindrance to making friends.<br /><br /></div><div>Making as many friends as possible is one of life’s most rewarding skills. A friendly person is welcome anywhere. He becomes an instant hero. <br /><br />He is like the golden beam of light that breaks through grey clouds dispelling darkness. <br /></div><div> </div><div>And this skill can simply be developed by paying heed to Ralph Waldo Emerson’s words, “The only way to have a friend is to be a friend.”</div><div><br /></div></div>
