I had a neighbor stop by today just to see how I was doing and say, “Hi.” It meant the world to me! It was just a 15 minute conversation but it changed the course of my day. Of course, she didn’t have to do that. It took time and effort but she took action and we both benefited from this caring gesture. When you make someone else happy, it also warms your own heart.
We are such relational beings, we thrive on feeling supported, loved, and cheered on. I intend to do more of just that! Let’s come out from our “back porch dwelling” and invest in the lives of the people around us, shall we?
“Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art…. It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.” C. S. Lewis
I love the challenge to come off our back porches and connect with the neighbors and people around us! Life is so much more meaningful when we do this! In fact, I might actually go farther than C.S. Lewis on this one and say that friendship, relationships, are crucial to survival… at least to survival of the soul and spirit.
I hear ya 🙂 We rely on that interaction so much!
Yesssss. So, so true. I have come to the conclusion…that happiness largely lies in our relationships with others.
Relationships… indeed. About important as breathing!