Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite, commonly known as Kaka or Ricardo Kaka, is a Brazilian

professional footballer who plays for Sao Paulo FC on loan from Orlando City, as an attacking
midfielder. Kak started his footballing career at the age of eight, when he began playing for a
local club. At the time, he also played tennis, and it was not until he moved on to So Paulo FC
and signed his first professional contract with the club at the age of 15 that he chose to focus on
football. In 2003 he joined Milan for a fee of 8.5 million. While at Milan, Kak won a Serie A title
and the UEFA Champions League, and in 2007 he received the FIFA World Player of the Year
and Ballon d'Or awards. After his success with Milan, Kak joined Real Madrid for a transfer fee
of 65 million.

A friend is a gift you give to yourself. Friends are those people in your life with whom you do not
have any blood relation. Its a relation of love and affection towards other people.Your friend is
someone with whom you feel comfortable and can easily share your thoughts and feelings. You
do not have to think twice when you are with your friends. A true friend loves you
unconditionally, understands you, but never judges you and always tries to support you and give
you good advice. A true friend is one will always be there when you need someone. He will
leave all his important works but will never leave you alone, especially in your difficult times.
That is why it is said a friend in need is a friend indeed. Difficult times are the best time to
realize who your true friends are. Blessed are the souls who have true friends. It does not
matter how many friends you have, what matters is how many true friends you have.

Friends show us how to live a life in a different way; they are the ones who can change our
viewpoints for good. There is no growth of the person without any friend. A friend is really very
essential to understand life. Until now we have been looking at life the way our family wanted us
to see, it is only when we see the world with the eyes of a friend that our view point changes.

The kind of friends you have determines the kind of person you are. That is why it is advised to
be careful before making a friend. Choose someone with good thoughts and character, because
our thoughts and feelings are affected by the place we live in and with the people we live with.
Be friends with someone who makes you feel free, positive and alive.

A couple should be best of friends for a successful marriage. Husband and wife should
understand each other the way true friends understand each other. They should have love and
understanding, trust and respect for each other.

Thus, before getting married one should give importance to the degree of friendship a couple
holds. As said by Nicolas Sparks in the novel The Notebook- You are my best friend as well
as my lover, and I do not know which side of you I enjoy the most. I treasure each side, just as I
have treasured our life together.

Many songs and stories have been written on the importance of friendship. It breaks the ice
between two unknown people, if the other person is friendlier then a person feels more
comfortable and easily opens up. Even a small drop of friendship can do wonders in any such
relationship as the relationship of a couple, parents and their child, boss and employee,
members of an organization etc. Heaven will fall on earth if we can eradicate ego, selfishness
and hate and grow love and friendship for each other in the hearts of people.