A happiness, shared by several people, becomes several happiness; a pain, borne by several people, becomes much lighter for each pain. Sunshine is happiness, wind and rain is pain, friends are the ones who share sunshine with us and share the burden of wind and rain.
To put it in a very colloquial way, "friends should share blessings and help each other in times of trouble." If someone only knows how to have fun with you but refuses to stand by you in difficult times, that person is just a fleeting companion, not a friend. A friend is someone who deeply enters your heart, who laughs with you when you're happy and gives you strength when you're sad. Even if you occasionally forget about them, when you turn around, they are still smiling and waving at you.
Friendship often manifests in the smallest details, a glance, a gesture, a word. True friendship is like water, not sticking together every day. Two people who always seem inseparable may no longer be friends the next time you see them. A friend doesn't ask for too much, only that you are by their side when they are happy or unhappy. They tell you about their happiness and unhappiness because they want you to share and bear it with them, to experience joy together or to give them strength and comfort.
The story of Zhong Zi Qi and Bo Ya has been passed down for thousands of years. Everyone longs for such a confidant who understands what you don't say, who accompanies you through life, and with whom you can talk for a lifetime, appreciating rainbows together after going through storms. In Aesop's fables, we are also familiar with the person who abandons their friend upon seeing a bear. None of us wants to meet such a person. We can have fun together, but when danger comes, we each face it on our own.
Marx and Engels were comrades and friends. They supported and collaborated with each other, overcoming difficulties together, and achieving greatness. Imagine in such a difficult time, if they had argued and given up cooperation over trivial matters, history might have taken a different path.
In Shu Ting's poem "To the Oak Tree," she wrote, "We share the cold, thunder, and lightning; we enjoy the mist, flowing clouds, and rainbow together." I think these lines not only apply to lovers but also to friends. The journey of life is rough, and the weather along the way is unpredictable.
When someone tells you, "I will search for happiness with you," don't forget to ask them, "Will you also experience hardships with me?" Running together under the sunshine with a deeply bonded friendship can be a kind of happiness and contentment, but holding each other's hands tightly in the wind and rain, encouraging and supporting each other, that is an even more special feeling on the journey of life.