How does one go choosing friends?

Over the course of time and after much thought, I have realized that I did not really choose wisely most of my friends and that's why I lost many of them long time ago. If I could bring back the hands of time I would be more picky and maybe choose a friend who shares the similar interests as I have, who is honest to goodness no matter how much truth hurts, and who will be there no matter what for me.

I say the best way to get a friend is just simply to be a friend to others. A lot of people feel the need to be accepted and that is just natural. I don't discriminate when it comes to friendship and always marvel at how easy it is to make friends with both genders, man or woman and in both offline and online mode. I really like meeting new people and like to make friends wherever I go. I just like to treat others in the way that I like to be treated. Sometimes it is hard to make friends if you don't know where to look. But if one is patient enough, you realize that after a while there are those that come to you even when you are not actively looking to make new friendship. I suppose there are two types of friends when one thinks about it. I consider the fact that some people will come to you and befriend you or you just need to put yourself out there for people to see and make yourself available. Good friends are sometimes hard to find but when you find a special person then the friendship could last a life time. There is an unconditional type of feeling when you find the right person to share your time with.

One must realize that people at times come into other peoples life unannounced and leave in the same manner. Between these two points, some peoples relationship click and they become friend and have a blast of a time. Out of these friends, there are a few gems of relationships which like I said above do last whole life time. It is extremely hard to find friends as it is and truly good ones next to impossible. One should hang on to the ones which we have and yet remember to give each friendship the elbow room to grow and flourish. A friendship is like a tree. Water it and add proper nourishment and it will give you life long protection. For a friendship to last, compatibility plays a big role in friendship also.