Isometimes (to cook)a meal for my family in summer раскрыть скобки

I sometimes cook a meal for my family in summer.

The tortoise and the hareThe hare was once boasting of his speed before the other animals. "I have never yet been beaten," said he, "when I put forth my full speed. I challenge anyone here to race with me."The tortoise said quietly, "I accept your challenge." "That is a good joke," said the hare. "I could dance around you all the way.""Keep your boasting until you've beaten," answered the tortoise. "Shall we race?" So a course was fixed and a start was made. The hare darted almost out of sight at once, but soon stopped and, to show his contempt for the tortoise, lay down to have a nap. The tortoise plodded on and plodded on, and when the hare awoke from his nap, he saw the tortoise nearing the finish line, and he could not catch up in time to save the race. Plodding wins the race.

TRY TO HAVE FRIENDS BEFORE YOU NEED THEM (V.1)

What do we call friendship? What is the meaning behind this word? According to Wiki, friendship is "a relationship of mutual affection between two or more people". But we should also remember that there're also a "fake friendships" who pretend to be a true one. 
It's often happens that we call some people friends while we don't have that "manual affection". Some people mistaken "manual affection" with "mutual debts". Do you get what I mean? Like for examle, someone helped you with your trouble and you feel very gratfull for him. You start to call that person your friend. You can also have a great time together. But after some time it turns out that "friend" doesn't really care about you. That help was just a kind gesture and nothing more. Or this person expects you to pay back without having a "manual affection". 
So I come to conclusion that before calling someone your friend you should be convinced that he/she is really attached to you. 

TRY TO HAVE FRIENDS BEFORE YOU NEED THEM (V.2)

Sometimes you can feel loneliness and feel that nobody's on your side. It seems to you that you don't have a true friend and you feel pretty sad about that.
What to do to avoid this feeling, you may ask? In my opinion, you should try to do your best to have a good relations with people. If you don't have a friend, don't give up! By being nice to others you can always have someone to hang out with. If you found someone like that this relationships can grow to friendship. But here's a free advice from me: even if you have a good time together with someine, you should be 100% sure in this person before calling him a BFF (best friend forever).
So keep on trying and someday you'll find a soulmate who will be always there for you and will take your loneliness away!