Friends 

They say that "friends" are our family away from home. We can be ourselves around friends. It is such a pleasure to have friends. They come in all shades ---the friendly ones, the over friendly ones, the studious ones, the carefree ones, the jealous ones, the notorious ones, the caring ones , the nagging ones ..... We need all of them. What qualities to accept and follow, and what to ignore is upon us. If we allow friends to completely influence us ---then there is a Problem. Helpfulness, respect, obedience, empathy are great qualities to adopt from friends but cheating, foul language, violence, malpractice, disrespect, rudeness, dishonesty are some drawbacks which we need to run miles away from.  Influence of friends can either make or mar ones life.