Everyone needs friendship. No one can 1.________ the ocean of life single-handed. We need help from, and also give help to, others. In the modern age, people 2. ________ more importance to relations and connections. A man of charisma has many friends. His power 3. ________ in his ability to give. The term, friend, 4. ________ a wide range of meanings. It can be a nodding 5. ________, a comrade, a confidant, a partner, a playmate, a brother, an 6. ________, etc. As life is full of strife and 7. ________, we need friends to 8. ________ and help us out of difficulties. Our friends give us 9. ________ against danger. True friends share not only 10.________ but, more often than not, they share 11. ________. With friendship, life is happy and 12. ________. Without friendship, life is 13.________ and unfortunate. I have friends in the rank and file. Some are rich and in power. Some are low and 14. ________. Some are like myself, working as a teacher, reading and writing and 15. ________ with the simple life we have. To many of my friends, I know what to 16.________, what to 17.________ and what to share. I will never forget my old friends and keep making new friends. I will not be cold and _18._______ to the poor friends and will show 19.________ for them, even if it is only a 20.________ word.