The History of Friendship Day

A friend, while defined( vt.定义) as simply as someone to whom you are connected through esteem（n.尊敬，尊重） or affection(n.友爱), is a person of great importance. Friends from your support network for rough times, expose you to new people, situations, options(n.选择权), and points of view, not to mention provide the social, intellectual(adj.智力的), creative, and other kinds of essential stimulation（n.鼓舞，激励）. The first Sunday in August was proclaimed(v.宣布) National Friendship Day by the United States Congress in 1935, and has been commemorated as such annually（并且年复一年举行同样的庆祝活动）. Use International Friendship Day to reach out to your friends, whether you do so by setting up a face-to-face meeting, calling, writing, sending cards, flowers, or gifts. There is an endless variety of ways to let your friends know just how much they are appreciated, the most important of which is to be a good friend all year round. That may mean putting up with idiosyncratic（adj.特殊的，不可理喻的） behavior, attitudes contrary to your own, and generally exhibiting a lot of patience and encouragement for that person. But to take full pleasure in and take advantage of all those aspects is to know the genuine meaning of friendship.