What makes a friendship? - by Vân - Van's Newsletter

Rows of corn fall away into a cascade of deepening green. Plums and apples, warm with sunlight, hang heavy from trees, some fallen to the ground, waiting for the deer to come and eat them. By her generous invitation, 20 young people have gathered. For a week, we live, cook, eat, gather, and sleep together. Some I know from high school, others are new faces. Friendships have been rekindled, new connections have been made. Being here, among these social, lively young people, I've thought a lot about friendships. How are they formed? How are they deepened? How are they lost? Watching connections mend and form, I begin to see that every friendship starts from the same ground: admiration. “Admiration is derived from seeing your own light in someone else.” — Isabel, Mind Mine. We're mirrors of each other. We like someone because we see our light in them. Because they help bring that light forward. They solidify a way of being we aspire to embody. Let's say you love adventure — you're drawn t

Rows of corn fall away into a cascade of deepening green. Plums and apples, warm with sunlight, hang heavy from trees, some fallen to the ground, waiting for the deer to come and eat them. By her generous invitation, 20 young people have gathered. For a week, we live, cook, eat, gather, and sleep together. Some I know from high school, others are new faces. Friendships have been rekindled, new connections have been made. Being here, among these social, lively young people, I've thought a lot about friendships. How are they formed? How are they deepened? How are they lost? Watching connections