Talking about friendship, this is my personal experience.

When I was young, I kind of grew up in a ghetto. It was a tough neighborhood, and you couldn’t really make any friends there. All the kids were broken, somehow.

But then I started in high school, and things became a little better. Not a lot, but I mean, there wasn’t any shining background to compare with.

This I where I found philosophy, because, what was I supposed to do. I will try and give you one of those tips, that really turned my own life around. There was this Norwegian philosopher, who had written a little beautiful book on friendship, and he quoted Aristotle a lot.

According to Aristotle, friendship kind of has three modes. At the base level, we have friends, because how are going to have fun if not. Usually this is when we are young. When we get a little older, we get friends, because of utility. We go to the local masons, football club, or other communties.

But according to Aristotle, the most rare friendships are those, where you have a common ethical goal, that you share. Someone you fight with for at better cause, a better world, something that makes this existence better. Those are the rarest but best friends.

And, may I add, there is a keen connection between sacrifice and love, in the sense, that if you go all ego with a friend, they tend to go away, but if you sacrifice, they will stay.

This goes for children as well, having children is one huge self-sacrifice, and the cruel thing about that is, that you never know, if they will repay all of that sacrifice. But it is for sure, that they will not support you, when you need them, if you didn’t support them, when they needed you.

That is the mechanics of friendship, at least to my own experience and theoretical knowledge.

G-d bless the friends we may have, and keep, and Elon, WHEN are you coming over for a chat and a cup of coffee. I have been waiting for a long time, and coffee needs to be drunk, and doing if with a friend, is the best.