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Longing For Closeness and Connection

“When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives mean the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand. The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing, not curing, not healing and face with us the reality of our powerlessness, that is a friend who cares.”
― Henri Nouwen, Out of Solitude

 

Friendship is one of life's most important components.
We long for closeness and connection.
Our longing is part of what it means to be human and to be social creatures.

 

Having a few close friends translates into better physical and mental health, greater well being, and living longer.  Satisfaction with our friends is a better predictor of life satisfaction than number of friends and contact with adult children. Friendship quality ...

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