Friendship means valuable wealth for people. While with distance and time, the relationship between two friends becomes lighter than ever. People always say that distance brings beauty, distance makes people miss their friends instead of fighting. Whereas, as time goes by, the distance of the path always becomes the distance of both hearts. However, the far distance is not appropriate for two friends to maintain a long relationship, the too close distance always harms the maintenance of friendship. So how to balance the relationship between two friends has now become a hot topic for people to talk about in their daily life. I also have many friends from far and near; we all got along with each other for a long time. The following are some of my secrets to maintain the long friendship relationship.

Frequent contact is the first secret to keep friendship alive. As I said before, the far distance always makes people excited, and the distance from the heart is much more dangerous than the distance from the road. Many people have told me that many of their old friends have now become strangers to them; some do not even know the names of their former friends after several years of separation. So for long distance friendship, I advise you to keep in frequent contact with your friends like sending each other messages, answering calls or video chatting. All of these methods can keep your friendship fresh and for longer than you expect.

The second secret to maintaining friendship is to do everything possible to understand your friend. Everyone has their private space and we must respect the space of our friends and their secrets. Understanding here means that you have to put yourself in your friend’s position and tolerate his shortcomings. Friendship is similar to love to some extent, you have to realize that your friend is not a perfect person and has various kinds of flaws and virtues. Only then can you be more tolerant of your friends and keep your friendship alive.

Apart from the above secrets I mentioned, there are also other methods to keep the friendship life, such as preparing some surprises for your friends from time to time, remembering their birthdays or some important days that mean a lot to them, or something else. etc. All of these methods can make your friends touched and grateful for your intention.