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It is true that no “man is an island” meaning that no one in this world can live alone without friendship. That person would be very socially challenged as he or she would miss the camaraderie camaraderie and life experiences experiences that come with friendship. friendship. However, However, I completely completely disagree with the statement that the most valuable thing in life is friendship as there are certainly more important and priceless things in life besides this. In this essay I will outline how life itself is more valuable than friendship, and elaborate on why family and the individual’s principles in life are raned higher. !irst and foremost, before one can en"oy the beauty of friendship, one must surely value life itself or in other words, we should should value our health. This is because, the #uality of our life is the single most important criteria in life if we are to live a meaningful and wholesome life. $oreover, without good health, we will be hard pressed to do even the simplest simplest tas lie feed ourselves or relieve ourselves ourselves without the help of doctors, nurses and caregivers. !or example, If we are paraly%ed, lost our sight, hearing or ability to spea or even simple case of a fever or allergic reaction, then the #uality of our life is greatly reduced and no amount amount of friendship friendship can mae us healthy again. Therefore, Therefore, while friends can stand by us in our time of need, pristine health is still the most valuable assest in our lives &econdly &econdly,, we are no one without without a family as indeed blood is thicer than water. water. This means that however you analyse it, relationship amongst friend will always playsecond fiddle because relationship amongst family members always come first. !urthermore, if we do not value our family above others, then there must be a problem amongst the family members that has caused their relationship to be strained. !or instance, people tend to turn away from family if the family members themselves are the ones to cause them to react enegatively such as divorced parents, abusive parents or siblings and so on. Thus, when people consider friendship to be the most valuable thing in life, more often than not they may come from a troubled household. 'ast but not least, a person’s principle in life are by far more valuable than friendship alone. This is due to the fact that each person needs to have a code of ethics, #uite often prescribed by their individual religions. In addition, this code will guide each person to live their live according to the good and right principle. Tae for example, if and invidual has set his or her principle to do good, then no amount of friendship especially negative influence from friend, can shae his hold on his principles and cause him or her to commit undesirable deed deedss lie lie smo smoin ing, g, steal stealin ing, g, rapin raping, g, murde murderi ring ng and and othe others. rs. Henc Hence, e, if a perso person n valu valuee friendship so much to the point where he or she willing to brea his principles, then he or she has done serious misdeed against himself or herself and will most liely regret his or her action later in life. In short, friendship is the rainbow of life as it colours our hori%on with invaluable experiences but without good health, a supportive family and strong principles, life becomes empty and and meaningless. meaningless. In my opinion, opinion, it is beyond a shadow of doubt doubt that I still firmly
believe tht friendship is not most valuable thing in life. (ur govenment can encourage people to prioritise health, family and principles in life by organising awareness campaigns especially in primary schools where the young generation should learn about prioritise in life because they are the leaders of tommorow.
