Where to make friends?

I need friends . I am alone, since many years . I am a normal person like others but I think I have some different thoughts about life which lead me to be alone. I believe in respect , high thinking and acting according to the great thought . But these days I am mentally tired and alone. I really need a friend with a free mind irrespective of any consideration of caste , creed , color , language , religion etc. If someone can solve this than I will be very thankful .

Dear spcspk,
First of all it isn't your thoughts about having respect that is stopping you from having friends that's what good friends are looking for. You first have to find out why you are mentally tired and drained. You can't help yourself unless you acknowledge the real problem. You could be depressed, you could be working too hard etc. Seek out a doctor who can perhaps set you up with a counsellor. It's a huge red flag when someone says they can't make friends...it is usually because they aren't trying for reasons...these reasons are what you need to discover. Someone with a free mind? Not sure what that means but friendship comes as a two way street and it is give and take, respect for each other, having things in common.
Sue...good luck

Whats your question?

Thanks for the reply.

The problem I discussed is the question ( except the last line ).

You just need to get out there and connect.

Go to bars or go to something like a club that suits you that you enjoy doing like a 'Music-club' or Baseball game if you enjoy baseball. You basically just need to talk to people.

I found out for a long and enduring time you will not get any friends if you are a really really Shy person that keeps to yourself. Because most of those people just stay alone, hell man just find some people that have some stuff in common with you. For example of myself.

I'll go to a show or maybe go to the mall I see a group of kids that look like me ya know, skater-kids, goths, metal-heads, dirtbags whatever you want to call them. ill go up and introduce myself or just say hey Whats up!? and begin a conversation. I make friends like that all the time because they have stuff in common with me like Music.