Thank you for the nice introduction.

The great Tirukkuṛaḷ

முகநக நட்பது நட்பன் று நநஞ் சத்து

அகநக நட்பது நட்பு.

Not the face's smile of welcome shows the friend sincere,

But the heart's rejoicing gladness when the friend is near.

Couplet Explanation:
The love that dwells (merely in the smiles of the face is not friendship; (but) that which
dwells deep in the smiles of the heart is true friendship.

I welcome you to all 236 Hubbell Bundy India toastmasters club,

Today is friendship day themed meeting. Even the devil needs a friend.

“Friends help friends succeed”

Friendship is the purest forms of relation exist between two, three or more people. Getting a true,
sincere and loving friend in this world is really the matter of luck. True friendship is a special gift from
God to one of us who get it. True friends make our meaningless life meaningful and show us a true
path of success in the life. They are friends who make our journey of life easy, joyous and vibrant.
They never laugh at our mistakes instead they lead us on right path by continuous support.

True friends always become free for their friends and ready to help them in their difficult times of life
even after being involved in the busy schedule. Friendship is a truly priceless relation in this world
which can never be bought or sold to anyone. It depends on the true love created in the heart of
people involved in the friendship. It never depends on the materialistic pleasure of the world.
Genuine friends are the real happiness of the life who never forget each other and always support.
We as a human being always get problems in the life time to time according to the situation and get
difficulty in living the social life which needs emotional and moral support. In such conditions, our
true friends plays great role and take us out of the difficulties. A life without true friend is considered
as incomplete life. It does not matter that you have a happy and luxurious life however it matters
when you does not have any true friends all through the life.
A good friend is one whom we can share every small and big happiness, secrets and problems of
life without any hesitation. Friendship is a relation which prevents us from the emotional problems as
it promotes us to share our inner thoughts and feelings. True friends never criticize their friends
instead they help them to come out of the shortcomings. They guide them like a tunnel of light
whenever one follows wrong path. True friends always understand full rights of them on their friends
and advice them truly to chose right path. They take our every mistake seriously and try to show us
right way in right direction. We can say that true friend is more precious than any priceless gem in
the world.