Pema Chodron, mentioned by citydweller in the preceding post, is a fantastically wise writer. A great suggestion.
I am 52, and from your original post the comment that I really connected with was the one you made about friends:
“Most have drifted away due to life circumstances.”
There is something about the way we all live that really corrodes friendships. I have thought about it often.
Because there is such an emphasis on independence in our culture I find that many of my friends and I have ended up competing with each other rather than supporting each other. To be brief about it, many of my best friendships have just sort of dwindled down to almost nothing.
So here we are on the net being “friendly.” At least that is something…
