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How Can We Nurture Deeper Friendships?
There’s a meme making its rounds on Instagram that goes something like this:
“Do you know one of Jesus’ greatest miracles that no one ever talks about?
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He had 12 close friends in his 30s.”
Whoever came up with that joke struck some solid truth: as we get older, nurturing authentic friendships becomes more difficult than we’d ever ...
Are You Doing This Enough?
“I like you. You are… very good person,” she says as we walk together around our apartment building.
She is from a different faith community, dressed conservatively with her head covered by a dupatta. Her English is not perfect, but her warmth is evident even through her faltering words.
Naziha (name changed) and I sometimes meet each ...
Seven Unhelpful Words When Someone Is Hurting (And What To Say Instead)
No one wants to be unempathetic when a friend is in a painful situation.
Or at least only a handful of Devil-Wears-Prada-type boss people actually set out to be callous about others’ problems. Most of us want to say the right thing to a hurting friend.
But, sometimes, one’s foot does this weird thing and gets stuck ...
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