Finding friends

If really you want to have friends
you must be friendly, that's how it goes, reciprocal. Sometimes the process of finding friend could use a bit of a jump start. Anyways here are some practical ideas for the friendship spark of interest.

• By carrying a card: that's if you have any, keep a small supply of business card in your wallet, so it's easy for you to say "call me" to someone you would like to know more.

• Always drop a note or try to send a friendly e-mail to get close.
• Invitation: issue an invitation to someone new you find interesting, you can invite him/her to a sporting event, perhaps to have lunch with you or to hang out.

• Diary: if you have a diary or you can take down what you have learnt about your new acquaintance in a diary notebook, or exercise book- things on finding, birthday, family's names. Avoid covering ground, open up.

• Learn how to welcome new people you have met that move in as neighbour, or church members, always offer to help people, who knows they may be the friend you have been looking for. 
• Free your mind and open your mind: who knows he/she might the best friend you have longed and looked out for. 

• Try to leave room in your life for future friends: when you are kind and jovial,  accommodating people, you will see magical it sounds, but you will be ecstatic, that person you treat without chastising might be your next/ ideal friend.

• Learning something new: you are apt to meet potential friends, the more you ask and participate in activities perhaps, church activities, study group in school. Try as much as possible to share ideas with others, and participate in your new interest.

• Asking for help with a project: it is a nice way to get to know someone new not just to get work done. 

• Offer someone a ride: you can offer someone a ride to a meeting, and not only it is usually appreciated but the nice time to know each other better is the commute. 

• Harbour yes in your heart: just be optimistic not pessimistic: be willing to embrace a warm hands of friendship, don't always resist people with cold look and behaviour. You may not tell when you will meet a friend you will never wish to part.

• Put a smile on your face: with your hearty smile people will feel cool to relate with you. Friendly people are always free, sociable to associate with people, always cheerful to attract friends. If you happened to be a type that isolates from others, an introvert, finding friends won't be that easy that's why it's important to try and be a bit extroverted.

Places you can make acquaintance: in the church, school, office, social gathering- carnival, meeting, conference, club, social events like marriage, launching, You may bump into someone you have longed to see in a supermarket, city market, even at the gym, recreation ground, sporting event etc.