The changes of life do not mean that you have to forget your old friends.
They have accompanied you through the good and bad times in your past.
Maintaining your friendship, you will be able to get friends you can share with and get advice from.
They are the ones you can rely on.
As the times goes by, keeping in touch with them may be difficult for you to do.
You have your own time and so do they.
However, if you have a strong commitment, you will make it.
The following are some ideas you can follow to maintain friendship with your old friends.
Step one: keep contact You have to take an action.
You can start calling them.
If you do want to keep in touch with them, you should not wait for them to call you.
You can call them although only once in a year, especially in a special moment you had with them.
It will let them know that you still care about them.
Step two: forgive and forget Forgiving and forgetting all what have been through for years will help you much in keeping your friendship.
In addition, being too judgmental is not good for you.
You can start to call them and start new relationship with them.
Step three: make a reminder You can make a reminder for special days such as birthdays.
To help you remember it, you can record it on your calendar.
If you want more sophisticated technology, there is software which can send you a reminder for that.
You can send them cards.
If you have little time, you can send them email or text messaging instead.
It will make your fiends feel so special.
Step four: find them If you have completely lost contact, you can try to find them and reestablish contact.
You can find them through the directories in the internet.
Instead, you can also contact the members of their family and leave your contact so that they can contact you.
Step five: make a commitment It is one of the most important you have to have.
Without this commitment, you will easily surrender when you can't get their information or contact.
Keep on trying and get your close friends back.