Friendship

　　Everyoneofus,richorpoor,shouldatleasthaveoneortwogoodfriends.MyfriendswilllistentomewhenIwanttospeak,willwipemyeyeswhenIcry,willtakecareofmewhenIamsick,andmyfriendswillgotogetherwithmesidebysidethroughthisjourneyoflife.

　　Asstudents,wecouldsharemoretimewithourfriends.Thefriendshipinouryoungheartsispure,freshandsimple.Ioftenfeelveryluckytohavealotofgoodfriends.EspeciallywhenIhadJustinasoneofmybestfriends.JustinwasmyEnglishteacherfromtheUSA.Imethimin1996whenIwasastudentwhocouldonlyspeakverylittleEnglish.Justinwasavividyoungmanwithabrightsmileonhisface,andhealwayshadhisspecialwaytomaketheclassactiveandattractive.HetaughtusEnglishbytellingstories,playinggames,singingsongs,andevendancing.Icouldstillrememberveryclearlythatoneafternoonwhenwefin-ishedourclass,wewenttosomeotherclassestosingsongsforthem,justlikewhatpeopledointhestatesonChristmasEve.Itwassointerestingandunforgettable.Justinwasanexcellentteacher,becausehetaughtusnotonlyhowtostudyEnglishwell,butalsothewaytofindoutthebeautyoftheworldandthewaytobeangelstoothers'lives.Iknowtherewasfriendshipandpureloveinourhearts.Facingthisvaluableemotionneithernationalitynoragewasimportant,therealimportancelayinfaith,under-standing,andcare.JustinisthebestfriendIhaveeverhad,andIknowIwillcherishthosedaysofstayingtogetherwithhimasthebestpartofmymemory.

　　Friendshipisakindoftreasureinourlives.Itisactuallylikeabottleofwine,thelongeritiskept,thesweeteritwillbe.Itisalsolikeacupoftea.Whenwearethirsty,itwillbeourbestchoice,butwhenwehaveenoughtimetoenjoyourselves,itisalsothemostfragrantdrink.

　　However,inthisfast-developingmodernsociety,therealityisnotthat.Moreandmorepeopleforgettoenjoythebeautyoflifeand-thebeautyoffriendship.Theyworkhardinordertogainahigherposition,inthesocietyandtoearnmoremoneyfortheirwork.Ofcourse,wedon'tdenythatitisimportanttofindabet-terplaceinourlives,butwewishmoreandmorepeoplecouldpayalittlemoreattentiontothemselvesandtheirfriends.Allofushavetosparesometimeforpersonallives.Wehavetofindthechancetoexpressouremotionandlove.Whenstayingwithourfriends,wecanreleaseourselvescompletely.Wecandowhateverwewant,wecanlaughtogether,talktogether,andevencryto-gether.Ishouldsaythatbeingtogetherwithourbestfriendsisthemostwonderfulmomentofourlives.

　　Asweknow,wewouldfeellonelyifwedidn'tevenhaveafriend.Butitdoesn'tmeanwecoulddependonourfriendsallthetime.Thereisafamousmottosayingthat“Afriendislikeaquiltwithcottonwadding,buttherealthingthatkeepsyouwarmisyourowntemperature.”Itisreallytrue.Wehavetoworkhardtogetherwithourfriends,encourageeachotherandhelpeachother.Whenwereceiveloveandfriendship,weshouldrepayasmuchaswecan.

　　Finally,let'spraytogethernowthatoneday,allofuscouldfindthepersonwewanttofind,andcouldenjoyarealbeautifulfriendshipinourlives.Let'spraythefloweroffriendshipbe-tweenourfriendsanduswouldalwaysbloombrightlyinourhearts