Friendship Day is around the corner and people are looking at different ways in which the day can be celebrated. Those who observe the day prefer to spend the day with their close friends. They often shower each other with gifts, put surprises together and pamper each other. While the day is all about friends and friendships, people often forget to take the meaning of the day beyond the day. In India, Friendship Day 2019 will be celebrated on August 4 where people tie bands on each other's wrists, exchange sweets, and give gifts. Friendship Day 2019 Plans: 5 Ideas to Spend Quality Time With Your Friends Instead of Buying Cliche Gifts.

It's the greetings cards industry that commercialised the day and gave it a materialist name, just like many other observances. It teaches people to give flowers, cards and chocolate on every occasion, showcasing it as the easy and best things to give as a gift. However, in the process, we forget to withhold the real meaning of the observance. Friends are the group of people who knows you inside out. Good ones stay put through your ups and downs, guide you when needed and plays a big role in ensuring your sanity. These group of people needs to be celebrated on more than one day. However, we often tend to not give them the love and respect they deserve. While we love them unconditionally, we put them on hold and make them wait. This Friendship Day, let's take a decision to give them some extra care and love. And let's stop being the plan cancellers and ditchers. Friendship Day 2019: How to Motivate Your Friend to Stay Fit in 5 Simple Steps.

On Friendship Day 2019, Here is How You Can Make Your Bond Stronger

Don't Take Them for Granted

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Good friends are not found easily, and when you get those ones who stay with you through all situations, one needs to honour and invest in the relation. You may not need to talk to your friends every day, probably you can just call a month later a pick up from where you left. However, while you are caught up in your busy lives, a call or a message from you, in the middle of a busy day, would make them feel better.

Take Time Out For Them

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While there are tonnes of other priorities, at times, friends need to feel they are special in our lives. While they could be the most understanding person you have ever met, sparing a day for them from your busy week can strengthen your bond.

Stop Planning And Just Go on That Trip With Them

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We all have trips which we planned with our friends, but it never got executed. This Friendship Day, let's finalise that plan and go on that trip you always wanted to go. Take the extra effort of materialising it and travel to that destination. Friendship Day 2019: Forget Goa Trips! Here are 6 Best Places to Visit With Your Best Friend.

Tell Them How Much You Love, Care, Believe and Trust in Them

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Friends play a major role in everyone's life. They are the best teachers, motivational speakers, crying shoulders, problem solvers, mood boosters, constant guide and everything you need in your life. Most of the times, they smell the situation you are in, and provide you with a solution. And amazing people like these need to be told how beautiful they are. Take them out and thank them for how they have handled you without being judged. Tell them you are blessed to have such loving creatures in your life and that you believe and trust in them.

After family, friends are just family in itself, or in many cases, they are family themselves. They are the ones who know your weakness and strengths and constantly motivate you to achieve your dreams. A lot of beautiful friendships break due to misunderstandings or gap of communication. If you are blessed with great friends in your life, don't let silly assumptions or gossips spoil your relation. Invest in the bond and emerge as better individuals who proudly show off their amazing friend. And as we celebrate this Friendship Day, let's not limit our relation to the day alone, let it the start of a new phase of your relationship.

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