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# The Greatest Gift of Life ### Psychologist Rola Salameh takes a look at friendship. 1. **Two women** are sitting in a café together. They're drinking coffee and sharing a piece of chocolate cake. **One woman** is talking. **The other woman** is listening carefully. **The first woman** seems sad....

# The Greatest Gift of Life ### Psychologist Rola Salameh takes a look at friendship. 1. **Two women** are sitting in a café together. They're drinking coffee and sharing a piece of chocolate cake. **One woman** is talking. **The other woman** is listening carefully. **The first woman** seems sad. She starts crying. **The other woman** doesn't speak; she just hands her companion a tissue. **The first woman** stops crying and smiles. 2. According to psychologists, we get on with people who share the same background, opinions, interests, personality and even physical appearance. **People with glasses** often sit next to other people with glasses. **The saying that "opposites attract"** appears not to be true. If you love sport, your friends probably love sport too. 3. Good friends are fun to be with but they're hard to find. It's true you can make lots of contacts on social media, but are they real friends or just acquaintances? Can you be open with them? Can you rely on them? Sometimes we don't even know if an online "friend" is a real person or someone with a fake identity.