We're inclined to think that the secret of great friendship is all about finding someone with whom we mysteriously and wonderfully just "click" without having to do very much about it, but this is arguably and unhelpful stumbles.
Because it implies that there is nothing that any of us can do to become better friends.
Friendship is made to look like a mere happy accident.
At the school of life, we think differently: we believe that good friendships follow certain principles, which can be identified, discussed, and taught.
We firmly believe that we can learn to become better friends, and are not any of us, born knowing how to be.
Here then, a some of principles of being a good friend: Firstly, asking the right questions.
We need to learn the art of teasing out of people the bits of themselves that are sincere, vulnerable, and true.
Society tends to encourage us to stay on the surface; true friends know how to go deep.
In order to do so, they ask questions like: how did it feel when x or y loss occurred ... ?
They show empathy, they say: You must have felt quite sad when ...
