How To Make a Friend: One Simple Idea For Forming Lasting Adult Connections
The Secret To Forming Close Adult Friendships
In between relishing chocolate Twizzlers on summer boat rides and pitching the world's tiniest Pampers Swaddlers into our growing personal landfill (Sorry, environment), my mind lingers--sometimes indulgently--on the warm, hearty friendships that fill my life.
The topic--"connectedness"--is both business and pleasure. My next couple books are wrapped up in relationships. How I relate to you, how we relate to each other, how churches relate to ...
How To Get To Know People No. 6: How To Be A Good Host
Not only were the Cocoa Puffs in ready supply, but beyond that, Margot made the beautiful offer, almost insistence, to pick me up the beverage of my choice (Chai - what else is there?) on the way back from dropping her son at school.
And then, to top things off, when she shows me to my guest room--a little suite with a computer and bathroom off their dining room at the time, I find Margot's intentionality toward guests has no end.
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What Have You Lost? No. 1
There was a day not that long ago, a day that you (or your parents or grandparents) could remember, when ice cream parlors were locally owned and operated.
You saw the same faces--the owner, his wife, a brother or sister-in-law--behind the counter every time you visited for years.
You could order your standard favorite, your chocolate malt or your double scoop of mint chocolate chip, from someone who knew your name.
Slowly, of course, like in many industries, corporate manufactur...
What Have You Lost?
What Have You Lost Along the Way?
As a pre-teen, it's nearly genetically impossible not to roll your eyes when some adult in your presence utters the phrase "When I was your age..."
At the time, it seems debatable that this ancient antique of a person you know as Dad or Grandma or Great Uncle Al can relate to your experience being 13. In fact, you're pretty sure they were never 13 themselves and that rather they are among those exceptional humans who were born over-40 year old nags.
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