When you say "friend" you get a warm feeling inside. True friends don't need to be together every single day, to live and die always together. But, in your most difficult times, a far away friend will scurry into your mind to lend you a helping hand.

I always ask myself, "My friends help me, but are they true friends?" China has over five thousand years of history, and from the very beginning, we've had a polite society where everyone respects one another. In China we have a saying that goes something like this: "An act of help is like a drop of water. Use the spring welling up from inside you to help your friends." That's right! If a friend helps me, I definitely must use the best way possible to return the favor!

Friendship is a person's most precious fortune. No matter where you go, you'll have a warm memory of a friend always by your side.

A bright and wonderful feeling comes from realizing your goals. Friends can give you good wishes and a lot of luck for working toward your goals through friendly encouragement and sharing your joy and happiness. When it seems like there's no way out of trouble, friends can give you helpful advice. The abundant warmth that comes from a friendship while you're going through hardship together can lift your sadness.

The famous philosopher Francis Bacon once said, "When you're feeling unhappy, you should share your sadness with a friend. It can comfort you, but if you don't let out your sadness, you'll make yourself sick. The only way is to share your thoughts with a friend, your miseries and your joys, your fears and hopes. Keeping these things inside puts a terrible weight on your heart, but talking with a friend can lift your spirits."

To make a friend is to trust more, to questions less, to have more affection and less disagreement, more forgiveness and less criticism. Confucius said, "A great person can restore peace and make evil men unhappy." With a great person's attitude toward our friends, we can be cooler with each other, we can forgive each other's wrongs, and we can always be happy! Pu Song Ling said: "Under the sky, there is nothing as happy as a friend." A true friend helps you move out of your insecurities and continue to strive for your goals, change your ill will to friendliness, put your ideas into action.

The space between two friends is like a river, on this side is you and on the other side is me. A true friendship is a bridge connecting the two sides, and that bridge's strength connects the foundations of our deep and pure affection for each other.