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On Friendship: The Power of One

My Mother once told me, “It’s better to have one good friend than to have many that aren’t close.”
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On Friendship: What if You’re Afraid of It?

Fear of deep friendships is a very real thing in our modern world. Not only is it difficult and requires time and love to keep alive, but it also has the potential to leave deep and lasting wounds in its wake when abused.
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On Friendship: Friend Doesn’t Mean Project

Have you ever been treated like someone else’s project, as if by spending time with them or taking their advice they can fix you and that is the biggest reason they are investing time in you? Have you ever realized you’ve done this to someone?
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On Friendship: Virtual Friendship

I can remember when virtual friendship was only something that happened in Sci-fi cartoons. It was while I was a young teen that it started to be a ‘real thing’, and I’m not ashamed to say that connecting with strangers online and forming friendships at every level of emotional intimacy has been a blessing to…
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On Friendship: The Word Enemy

So what is the opposite of a friend? An enemy.
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Six Word Story (114)

There are worlds of perception above us and worlds of perception below us. We walk across them, hide under them, and forget that our height only shows us one view. Crouch down low and realize your lawn is a jungle ready to be explored, and the tree canopy above hides homes that are just as…
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On Friendship: My First Friend

I am the third eldest in a family of eight kids and my first friend was my older sister. She was my first playmate, my first protector, and my first source of grief.
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Six Word Story (113)

Have you ever come back to something or someplace from your past and found it just as it was before, but to your grief, you no longer fit there?
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On Friendship: What is it?

So is an acquaintance a friend? Well, some of them may be, and some of them are not.
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On Friendship: The Word Friend

Language changes with time, ideas as well, and what we once thought of as a friend has also changed.
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