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It is important to have friends. A few years ago, I would have never thought there would be a time I would say this. There was a time I wanted to be alone. I didn’t want to have anything to do with anyone. I went off social media. I spent my time watching documentaries, playing chess, binge-watching anime, and reading novels. For months, this actually worked. I was happy with how I lived, but little did I know that life is happier when you embrace people. For a very long time, I was scared to make friends. I was skeptical about opening my heart to friends, but with time, I realized that friends are priceless gems and that life is better and happier with them.  

This brings me to today’s Hive Learner’s prompt: **Friends**. Do you believe we need friends to be happy?

Something happened earlier this year that made me cherish the people I have in my life. I had just resumed school. The journey was so long and stressful that it made me terribly sick. A journey of 3 hours lasted more than 10 hours. When I got home, I started feeling a slight headache. Soon enough, that headache turned into something bigger. My whole body started hurting. My eyes were red and itchy and to worsen the case, my body was weak. I had food, but I couldn’t even stand up to cook. If I were with my parents or siblings, they would have taken care of me. When I saw that I could no longer bear it, I called my friends; Felix and Ella. I told them that I wasn’t feeling good and that I needed medications. 

Before they came, I managed to eat a snack and drink a lot of water. Immediately my friends stepped inside my room, and I stood up and threw up. I messed up the whole place; the bed and the floor. Surprisingly, Felix cleaned the whole place, Ella bought medications for me and they stayed with me for hours until I felt better. That day made me think about how important people are in our lives. Think about it, what would I have done if I had no friends? What would I have done if I were the same person I was years ago, the person who didn’t want to make friends? 

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To answer today’s Hive learners’ prompt. I wouldn’t say that we need friends to be happy, rather, with friends, life is happier and more beautiful. I hope that makes sense. There are people who prefer to stay on their own and they are happy with their lifestyle. They might have coworkers or acquaintances, but not close friends. If anything, they might even be comfortable with their lifestyle and not even ready to make friends for eternity. However, with the experiences I have had with people, I would say for sure that life with friends is better and more beautiful. 

I understand that a lot of people have experienced friendship heartbreaks. Imagine being friends with someone for many years and then they betray or say hurtful things behind your back. I understand how this feels, trust me, I can relate very well. However, when you encounter good friends, you know what true friendship feels like. Friendship is beautiful and amazing if it is with the right people. 

Life will be difficult for anyone who doesn’t have good friends. Of course, they might be capable of solving their problems all by themselves. Whenever their hearts are heavy, they prefer to carry the weight all by themselves. But don’t you think that this kind of lifestyle is draining? Good friends make living life less draining. 

In conclusion, there is a clear difference between friends and “good friends.” Good friends are people who make life beautiful and less difficult. On the other hand, friends are people who might turn on you, not because they never cared about you, but because they weren’t good friends in the first place.

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