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The Practice of Friendship - Tasshin

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When I was a child, I had a hard time making friends. It turns out that being geographically near someone and roughly from the same background isn’t actually a very good basis for friendship—these qualities are neither sufficient nor necessary for a deep and meaningful friendship. With some notable exceptions, my hometown had very few people that I felt I could really connect to, who I was drawn to and really liked me, too. As an adult, I have no trouble with finding friends. If anything, I have more friends than I know what to do with—a “problem” I am very happy to have. I’m grateful to be past that era, to find it so much easier to make friends these days, and to have an abundance of friendship in my life. I feel blessed every day for the friends who fill my life. Over the years, I’ve put a lot of work into learning to make and keep friends. It hasn’t come easy, but it has been tremendously rewarding. Developing these skills is one of the most meaningful, powerful, high-return-on-inv

When I was a child, I had a hard time making friends. It turns out that being geographically near someone and roughly from the same background isn’t actually a very good basis for friendship—these qualities are neither sufficient nor necessary for a deep and meaningful friendship. With some notable exceptions, my hometown had very few people that I felt I could really connect to, who I was drawn to and really liked me, too. As an adult, I have no trouble with finding friends. If anything, I have more friends than I know what to do with—a “problem” I am very happy to have. I’m grateful to

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