Friendship is the Bread of Life It is essential to our well-being. We can not survive without it. Since the beginning of time, we have been extending the hand of friendship to each other. In many Aboriginal communities with the help of other people in crisis is a matter of survival. However, even in today's world, it seems that we can survive without ever talking to others, friendship is important. Friendship is necessary to have good mental health. We are social beings and we need to survive friend.