The meaning of friendship as well as its importance to people is something very subjective. But in general we can say that among all the different relationships that exist between people, friendship offers the most wide range of relationships. Some people would like to restrict the meaning to some thing vague called "true friendship", and which may be described in terms of aphorisms alike "a friend in need is friend indeed." In my mind friendship is something more much more common, widespread, and useful than the such limited brands of ideal friendships.
In my mind friendship represents a shared relationship of liking, and interdependence. While friends may help us in needs and in this way perform some specific service. But the main function of friendship is not a means to some other end. The joy of friendship with shared feelings and shared activities being the main benefit of friendship. In this this way friendships is an essential and important components of all other relationships including the very close relationships between spouses and between parents and their children.
One important way in which friendship differs from all other relationships is that it thrives on its own, without the need for social contracts as is essential in relationships between spouses or other family relationships. Friendship is totally dependent on the will and feelings of the friends. There are no social or legal rules to regulate forming or breaking of friendships.
In conclusion, friendship is valuable in itself in the form of joy of friendship. It is also a great contributor to increasing the strength of bond in all other relationship. The least important of the benefits of friendship is the mutual help that friends receive from each other. I believe, more important than such help is the reassurance is that the help from friends is always available.
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