How to make a friend?

How do u make a friend when you afraid of rejection? When you want to make a friend some things a person should do is to find out what the person like and see if they share the same thing. When we get older it becomes very different on how we become friends . We can not just go up to the operson and tell them let's be friends. Those days of playing in the sand box and having nap time have past all of us . We now have to come up with néw ways to introduce ourselves to our up and coming friends. Somethings that people may have to do are to share a moment with that person which they bond over and get to know each other or some people will introduce themselves with their name and ask the other what's their name witch then leads into what they person is doing for the weeken.