I recently heard a story about how a South American tribe accomplished the impossible. A group of aid workers were in the village, working hard to build their first-ever school. However, a series of setbacks had virtually guaranteed that the school would not be completed before the aid workers had to leave.
On Monday I encouraged you to put yourself out there and meet one of your neighbors. However, that’s a tall order indeed for someone who’s never put themselves out there before. If you go to an event, you can at least be fairly certain that the people you meet there share an interest with you.… Read More Tips for breaking the ice
Long-distance friendships can be great. I have several of my own that I treasure deeply. However, proximity is important, too. No matter how emotionally close you may be to someone, you’re going to miss something if you don’t live in the same vicinity as they do.
I like the idea of “future friends.” Even people you don’t like, or who don’t particularly like you, have the potential to be good friends in the future.
I have a confession to make. I’m a shameless briber. For months now, I’ve been bribing the mail carrier, leasing agents, and maintenance staff who work at my apartment complex. Periodically I will randomly show up with cookies, brownies, lemon bars, or some other yummy goodie. Last week it was a whole loaf of… Read More The power of a “bribe”
On an impromptu date last week, my husband and I popped into a local bookstore. As we browsed the shelves, one book caught my eye: “Lord of the Rings Filming locations.” Since we had been to New Zealand together last year, and even visited the famous Hobbiton, I thought that looking through it together would… Read More Are you judging your reality based on other people’s fantasy?
A dear friend of mine recently moved into the suburbs of Atlanta. Relatively speaking, she only moved a few miles farther away from me, but it more than doubled how long it takes for me to drive to her house – about 45 minutes now. I was heartbroken.
It’s easy to say that long-distance friendships are possible, but when the rubber meets the road it can often seem like a daunting task. Feeling up to the challenge? Here are 8 tips that can help you make the most of it.
I recently went to a community-wide cleanup day. While I was there, I met a lovely Egyptian woman named Fabia*. She was both friendly and a good worker, and we had some great conversations while we were cleaning together side-by-side. As we were finishing up, she mentioned that she was moving halfway across the country… Read More One surprising thing you DON’T need to create good friendships
I once heard someone say that the root problem of every issue we have in the world today is fear. While I’m not sure I’d go quite that far, I do believe that fear is behind much of the global conflict – racial, religious, ethnic and more – that we see occurring between people groups.… Read More 5 questions to help foster friendship and understanding
