The Art of Genuine Frienship

Just recently I encountered a post in the internet that says" if your friend stays for 7 years that friendship will last forever" .Well this can be proven true because seven years of friendship means a lot. Your friendship has already gone through and overcame many obstacles and problems tat test the genuineness of your relationship. 
What is then the secret of genuine friendship which is also the secret of lasting friendship? People whom you always meet everyday, whom you work with 8 hours a day, whom you live under the same roof is not necessarily a friend of yours and even so not all of them are your friend. Frequent conversation, sharing the same interest toes not mean friendship. Genuine friendship are like any other form of relationship achieve only through time. Time measures the genuineness of your friendship, it is achieve little by little. Friendship grows it is not a magic trick.  If your friendship wins every difficulty in your life them it is real. Many friendships has been broken when for example there is no mutual understanding or the give and take relationship between the parties. As all form of relationship , each party must have the idea that "I have come to serve not to be serve". In any relationship one should not seek personal favor, personal profit but to give oneself, it requires personal self giving. If each party is willing to give oneself to the others, to be all to all, then that relationship will last because nobody will be stepped upon, everyone will feel important and there's equality. Rain, wave and wind will try to break their bond but they evil remain faithful to each other. Not even distance nor lack of personal dealings can loosen the bins of their friendship instead it will tighten it. Even though two friends live away from each other, may it be the opposite ends of the world, if their friendship is genuine it will last because it is not based on material things nor on personal compensation but it stems from the heart and is founded on faithfulness, trust, true love and genuine care for each other.