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RE: On Friendship
I whole heartedly agree with you. I am quite hesitant to ask my friends for help, or favours. Wouldn't dream of inconveniencing my friends. I guess what I meant by 'reciprocate' was that friendship is a two-way thing. If your 'friend' do not accept your friendship, then he is not a friend is he? Sure, you can still love him for who he is, but he is not your friend.
In regards to a friend no reciprocating meaning they are not friend I think it depends and I would have used to agree with you more but recently I looked up the etymology of the word friend which is connected to "free" and also to "love".. So even if someone doesn't reciprocate you loving them still means they are a friend in my opinion, even if they aren't friendly back towards you. And true love is giving them that "freedom" to not reciprocate. So the way I say it these days is.. I'm a friend to all.. Everyone is my friend even if they aren't friendly back to me. Because I love everyone, and it doesn't matter if they reciprocate or not.. I still love them, thus they are my friends.
I think you are talking about Compassionate love. :-) A compassion towards all beings and living things. I can relate to that. :-)