{"id":96673,"date":"2022-07-31T05:29:38","date_gmt":"2022-07-31T05:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=96673"},"modified":"2022-07-31T05:29:38","modified_gmt":"2022-07-31T05:29:38","slug":"friends-for-life-by-pramod-de-silva-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/friends-for-life-by-pramod-de-silva-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Friends for life &#8211; By Pramod De Silva"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #800000;\"><strong>Friends for life &#8211; <span style=\"color: #666699;\">By Pramod De Silva<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-96677 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Friends-for-life-By-Pramod-De-Silva-e1659244706144.jpg\" alt=\"Friends for life - By Pramod De Silva\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Source :\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sundayobserver.lk\/2022\/07\/30\/features\/friends-life\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sundayobserver<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-96676 size-full alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Friends-for-life-By-Pramod-De-Silva-2.jpg\" alt=\"Friends for life - By Pramod De Silva\" width=\"400\" height=\"116\" \/>Remember that the most valuable antiques are dear old friends<strong>\u00a0&#8211; Jackson Brown<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">I found walking into the Grade One classroom on the very first day of school in my life a somewhat intimidating experience, having never really left the protective \u2018nest\u2019 of my parents and adoring brothers and sisters. Around 30 similarly frightened children of my age were seated randomly, quite unable to process what was going on.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Then the class teacher walked in, flashing a pleasing smile and assuaged our fears. She asked us to stand one by one and say our names aloud so that all will get to know them. \u201cYou will be together this year and perhaps till the end of your lives. Talk to the boys seated next to you and get to know everyone bit by bit.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-96675 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Friends-for-life-By-Pramod-De-Silva-3.jpg\" alt=\"Friends for life - By Pramod De Silva\" width=\"450\" height=\"212\" \/>Her words proved prophetic as within just one week, we had formed a bond that would indeed stand the test of time. This bond is called friendship. Everyone has relatives, but friends are rather special. Indeed, I still keep in touch with some of my friends from that Grade One classroom, 46 years later. Some of them live on the other side of the world, but with today\u2019s communications technologies it is easy to catch up. Some have unfortunately gone to the Great Beyond \u2013 we cherish their memories and reminisce about the good times we had with them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Friendships make you feel human in a whole new way. Animals do have and make friends within their species or even across species (the cats and dogs in our household always got on like a house on fire), but there is no doubt that they do not enjoy and perceive it quite the way we do.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Significance<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">I was prompted to write an article on this subject after receiving a whatsapp message from a friend (who else) which stated that the World Friendship Day is coming up. At first I thought it could be a prank, as I am often subject to such \u201cbites\u201d (in local parlance) by my friends. Then just for the fun of it, I checked it out online, only to find that such a day actually exists on the United Nations calendar.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-96674 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Friends-for-life-By-Pramod-De-Silva-4.jpg\" alt=\"Friends for life - By Pramod De Silva\" width=\"450\" height=\"227\" \/>And this is what the UN has on the International Day of Friendship which fell on July 30: \u201cOur world faces many challenges, crises and forces of division \u2014 such as poverty, violence, and human rights abuses \u2014 among many others \u2014 that undermine peace, security, development and social harmony among the world\u2019s peoples.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">To confront those crises and challenges, their root causes must be addressed by promoting and defending a shared spirit of human solidarity that takes many forms \u2014 the simplest of which is friendship.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Through friendship \u2014 by accumulating bonds of camaraderie and developing strong ties of trust \u2014 we can contribute to the fundamental shifts that are urgently needed to achieve lasting stability, weave a safety net that will protect us all, and generate passion for a better world where all are united for the greater good.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The International Day of Friendship was proclaimed in 2011 by the UN General Assembly with the idea that friendship between peoples, countries, cultures and individuals can inspire peace efforts and build bridges between communities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Build bridges<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"block-inject-1\" class=\"block-inject block-inject-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div id=\"block-block-58\" class=\"block block-block clearfix\">\n<div class=\"content\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The resolution places emphasis on involving young people, as future leaders, in community activities that include different cultures and promote international understanding and respect for diversity.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">To mark the International Day of Friendship the UN encourages governments, international organisations and civil society groups to hold events, activities and initiatives that contribute to the efforts of the international community towards promoting a dialogue among civilisations, solidarity, mutual understanding and reconciliation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The International Day of Friendship is an initiative that follows on the proposal made by UNESCO defining the Culture of Peace as a set of values, attitudes and behaviour that reject violence and endeavour to prevent conflicts by addressing their root causes with a view to solving problems.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Indeed, friends and friendships can resolve many problems at a personal and even global level. When we were schooling, most of us had \u201cfriends\u201d in many other parts of the world, through the power of airmail. They were called Pen Pals and through them we learned about other countries and cultures. Today, with technologies such as Whatsapp that allow free unlimited video calls, letter writing seems to be passe, but some of these friends still do write actual letters to their pen pals. The only difference is that these pen pals can now also actually afford to travel to each other\u2019s countries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Friendships are formed not only among such persons in different countries, but also among countries themselves. These can lead to global alliances where the entire bloc projects one image and one message to the entire world. The European Union is a good example of 27 countries that have come together in a spirit of brotherhood and friendship. USA and Canada are two great friends who share a mostly unguarded border. Sri Lanka too has close friendships with many countries far and near.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>\u201cBestie\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">At the end of the day, only a few very good friends will stand with you to the very end. We all have a best friend (even countries do), called \u201cBestie\u201d by the young generation. He or she could be from school, university or even work, though we often consider the latter as colleagues. But some lifelong friendships can blossom from the mundane ambience at work too.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">We sometimes fall out with friends, only to make up again. Friends fight verbally and sometimes even physically (at school). But they are generally resolved peacefully. It is hard to imagine life without friends, especially as you approach the evening of your life. A meal with a few good friends, with plenty of laughter and banter is one of the simple pleasures of life. And we can make new friends at any age. In any case, it is well known that associating with friends who are much younger in age gives long life. Friendship really has no age barrier. All you need is the zest for life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>Friends are the siblings God never gave us\u00a0<strong>&#8211; Mencius<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friends for life &#8211; By Pramod De Silva Source :\u00a0sundayobserver Remember that the most valuable antiques are dear old friends\u00a0&#8211; Jackson Brown I found walking into the Grade One classroom on the very first day of school in my life a somewhat intimidating experience, having never really left the protective \u2018nest\u2019 of my parents and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":96677,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[46160,46161,46148,46159],"class_list":{"0":"post-96673","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-aside","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-articles","8":"tag-bites","9":"tag-friendship","10":"tag-international-day-of-friendship","11":"tag-jackson-brown","12":"post_format-post-format-aside"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.7.1 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Friends for life - By Pramod De Silva - eLanka<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Remember that the most valuable antiques are dear old friends - Jackson BrownI found walking into the Grade One classroom on the\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Friends for life - By Pramod De Silva\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Remember that the most valuable antiques are dear old friends - Jackson BrownI found walking into the Grade One classroom on the\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/friends-for-life-by-pramod-de-silva-5\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"eLanka\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/eLanka.com.au\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-07-31T05:29:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Friends-for-life-By-Pramod-De-Silva-e1659244706144.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"338\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"eLanka admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"eLanka admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"6 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/friends-for-life-by-pramod-de-silva-5\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/friends-for-life-by-pramod-de-silva-5\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"eLanka admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/#\/schema\/person\/f6e635b74ab35ef88a68a9973cacc5bd\"},\"headline\":\"Friends for life &#8211; 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