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Cherish them. Thank them. Write them. Invite them to parts unknown. Share music, art, and food. Celebrate together; cry together. Share your hopes and fears; the mundane and extraordinary; the minutia and the barrenness of your life as it occurs. Savor every single moment you have together.
And don’t forget to tell them you love them — to the point you feel silly. The quality of your friendships dictate the quality of your life.
Mar 18, 2025
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“It’s a brilliant, and quite rare, way of thinking but it makes such perfect sense. That we have an instinct, driven by our shared genetics, to love our children and family – for some, this is a duty love – but, when we focus our love on our friends, we’re actively choosing to do so. We’re taking our precious time and energy, and consciously committing it to them, so important are they to us.”
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“Friends can be our sources of intimacy and nonjudgmental support, they can be our life’s companions, they can be our family and our co-parent. Put bluntly, they’re our survival. But this means that we must decide to actively nurture and invest in them to benefit from their many rewards. Our unique ability to love many beings in many ways means that we all have the opportunity for love in our lives. We just have to lift our eyes to the horizon and broaden our perspective to see all the love that is on offer. And for many of us that will mean celebrating, treasuring and reasserting the love we have for our friends.”
Anna Machin, “Treasure Them” (via Aeon)
Nov 22, 2024
I highly recommend taking your time to appreciate your friends. Just when you think you are getting used to their company, take a step back and analyze your friends’ face, the details, the eyes, the smile.
You‘ll find that is a really good feeling, enjoy :)
Mar 16, 2024
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showing ur genuine love is very brave !! my friends make me feel like the luckiest person alive, they help me 2 grow, learn n trust ppl. i am the most greatful 5eva thank u friends.
Jan 23, 2024
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When you think of all that can go wrong with your body, you realize just how wonderful it is for carrying you forward. Each breath and heartbeat, a reminder of how it refuses to give up. Each step, a bold act of autonomy. Remember, not everyone was so fortunate as you to enjoy these gifts today. Celebrate. Move.
2d ago
By Anne Carson
My favorite book: a second-hand favorite, as it came recommended as my close friend’s favorite. Then a favorite to another upon my recommendation. Maybe soon to be yours.
A quote:
“Depression is one of the unknown modes of being.
There are no words for a world without a self, seen with impersonal clarity.
All language can register is the slow return
to oblivion we call health when imagination automatically recolors the landscape
and habit blurs perception and language
takes up its routine flourishes.”
Mar 19, 2025