Friendship involves recognition with another's personality.
Friends often share likes and dislikes, interests, pursuits, and passion.

How can we recognize potential friendship?
Signs include a mutual desire for companionship and perhaps a common bond of some kind.
Beyond that, genuine friendshipinvolves a shared sense of caring and concern, a desire to see one another grow and develop, and a hope for each other to succeed in all aspects of life.

True friendship involves action: doing something for someone else while expecting nothing in return; sharing thoughts and feelings without fear of judgment or negative criticism.
Friendship takes time: time to get to know each other, time to build shared memories, time to invest in each other's growth.

Trust is essential to true friendship. We all need someone with whom we can share our lives, thoughts, feelings, and frustrations. We need to be able to share our deepest secrets with someone.

Failing to be trustworthy with those intimate secrets can destroy a friendship in a hurry. Faithfulness and loyalty are key to true friendship. Without them, we often feel betrayed, left out, and lonely.
In true friendship, there is no backbiting, no negative thoughts, no turning away.