Grab some effective tips on how to be the best friend you can possibly be. Being a spectator and saying "hey" every once in a while is not a friendship. You have to participate in the relationship and do something to reach out. That's how true friendship grows. Find out how you can do this in your friendships so you don't lose someone you cherish.

1. Bible verse – Proverbs27:9
FriendshipTip#6 – “What Can I do to be a better/good/trueFriend?” –Great question!Iknow youall
love yourfriendstopiecesandyouwantto be there for themas muchas youpossiblycan.Butwe get
busy,right.Everyone hassomethinggoingonintheirlivesthattakesupa lot of theirtime,whetheritbe
jobs,kids,marriage,projects,hobbies,illness,travellingorsomethingelse,we have thingsgoingonand
that meanssometimesourfriendscangetneglected.So,how doyouremedythis?Ooh,Iknow,I know,
gesturesof friendshipisthe name of the game.Whenyoureach outto your friends,howeverthatmay
be,bigor small,itmakesa huge difference.Itdoesn’tmake anysense tobe friendswithsomeone if you
don’tevermake an efforttohang outwiththem, don’tcall them, don’ttextthem, don’tcheckup on
themon social media, cheerthemon,give themprops,orsenda card once in a while tosayyou are
thinkingof them.That’snota friendship,that’sanacquaintance thatyoujustknow,orsomeone onyour
friendslistthatisnotreallymuchof a friend.Youhave to be an active participantinyourrelationshipsif
youwant themto flourishandblossomandgrow stronger.So,make sure youare makingeffortsto
showhowmuch youcare and howmuch yourfriendsmeantoyou bysmall or large gesturesof
friendship.Write apoemand share it witha friend,I’msure theywill be delightedtosee youspenttime
thinkingof themandcomingup withsome freshrhymingwordstoshow how muchyou care.Invite a
friendtoStarbucksand justchat for a bit aboutthe goingons inyour life and theirlife.If youare broke
orderan ice wateror getsome of those packetsof juicestheysell inanygrocerystore or drugstore in
the juice aisle.Theydon’tcostmuchmore than a buck and youcan make yourownfake Starbucksdrink
– the baristaswon’tknowtheyare too busy….lol.If youlive inLA Iknow you can finda movie inthe park
to watch forfree witha friend.Planafriendplaydate (hey,adultscanhave playdatestoo) andgo see a
movie outside (totallyfun).Take sillyphotosof yourself orsomethingyoulike thatone of yourfriends
likestoo(preferablysomeone youcan’tsee regularlythatmaybe far away fromyou) and postthemon
Instagramand chat and be sillywitheachother.Youcan still have funevenif youare not neareach
other.My niece isone of mygood friendsandwe dothisall the time and itkeepsusconnected.Post
YouTube videosonyoursocial mediapageslike Facebookof youandyourfriendsfavoritesongsora
songthat has a message youwantyour friendtohear,and postit incode so onlytheywill know itisfor
them.Go to a store one of your friendsreallylovesandbuya randomgiftthat theywill appreciate just
for the heckof itand no reasonat all. Now come up withsome of yourown friendlygestures. These
gesturesof friendshipwill helpyourfriendsknow youcare whenyouare sometimestoobusytocall or
textor hang out.Andif you happentofindsome free time tohangout withthemmake sure you don’t
waitfor themto planstuff,make the firstmove andsuggestsomethingfuntodo….

2. FriendshipSong- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZzLaRC-G7M – lyricsonly(sorrycouldn’tfind
the cleanversion)
Friendshipsong- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DexShFZkFCk (KanyeWestisnotinthisvideo,I
thinkitis inspiredbyhissongabove)