Friendship Day

Friendship

Yes we all know that 1st Sunday of August is celebrated as Friendship day. Do you really remember how it is originated?

Friendship Day
Type	Historical
Date	varies: 30 July (UN), first Sunday of August
Frequency	annual
Related to	Friendship Love

Friendship Day, Chinese: 国际友谊日, French: Journée internationale de l’amitié, Russian: Международный день дружбы, Spanish: Día del Amigo, Hindi: मित्रता दिवस) is a day for celebrating friendship. The day is a popular celebration in several Asian countries since it was first proposed in 1958 in India as the 'International Friendship Day'.

Those who promote the holiday in South Asia attribute the tradition of dedicating a day in honor of friends to have originated in the United States in 1935, but it actually dates from 1919. The exchange of Friendship Day gifts like flowers, cards and wrist bands is a popular tradition of this occasion.^[1][2]

Friendship Day celebrations occur on different dates in different countries. The first World Friendship Day was proposed for 30 July in 1958, by the World Friendship Crusade.^[3] On 27 April 2011 the General Assembly of the United Nations declared^[4] 30 July as official International Friendship Day. However, some countries, including India^[5], celebrate Friendship Day on the first Sunday of August. In Oberlin, Ohio, Friendship Day is celebrated on 8 April each year.

History

Friendship Day was originated by Joyce Hall, the founder of Hallmark cards in 1930, intended to be 2 August and a day when people celebrated their friendships by holiday celebrations.^{[citation needed]} Friendship Day was promoted by the greeting card National Association during the 1920s but met with consumer resistance – given that it was too obviously a commercial gimmick to promote greetings cards. By the 1940s the number of Friendship Day cards available in the U.S. by had dwindled and the holiday largely died out there.^{[citation needed]} There is no evidence to date for its uptake in Europe; however, it has been kept alive and revitalised in Asia, where several countries have adopted it.

In honor of Friendship Day in 1998, Nane Annan, wife of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, named Winnie the Pooh as the world's Ambassador of Friendship at the United Nations

Now this question pop me.. Do friends matter to you? Do they really play importance in life? this question seems to simple to you and you all may have different answer to it. Is it really needed to be in touch with friends ? Some may say Yes and some may say no too.

  

Now let me tell you my Story of my life to you . My childhood played a really important role in choosing my friends in my life. From childhood i was ugly duckling, weido or you may say a difficult child to handle and so it still there.   I was Special child as i was forcip baby and thus resulted into my so called medical problem '' epilapsy" and that  led to social problem - behavioral problem - Psychological problem- Relationship problem. So it is vicious circle .  it took me year to come out of it , still i feel people find it difficult to deal with me. Yes , you all know that how much we as Indian call us progressive but when it comes to relationship they will follow thumb rule ( Judgmental) based on information they get. Let me tell you  an advice." Never give them explanation for your behavior, because they will either think you as criminal or they will again judge you based on useless assumption and they will make you feel more guilty."

So Since i was small i needed lot friends to listen to me and to get that i made lot of efforts, used to gives parties,take some side ,gossip. Then came teenage phase , when i realized that my so called friends are worthy of being my friends as for them only money and power matter. Years latter now i regard them as HI or Bye friends whose only motto is to keep you updating about there life and getting to know where are in you in your life. Believe me meeting with such friends is pulling you self down. 

I am grateful to my friends who met in my life and make my life beautiful by rediscovering me and who where on my side during my tuff time. i am grateful to you all.

My past experience taught me so many lesson .

• Do not be judgmental.
• Have your privacy ( no sharing goals ,dreams etc)
• Never crave for friends.

If you really want to achieve something more in your life, work on yourself , be bold and be happy. your real friend is your own self. It is only one who will guide you to your path when you are lost. Believe in yourself, go with gut feeling.Give yourself time, pamper yourself because when you do all above you will rediscover yourself and will be happy.