18 Ways To Be A Better Best Friend

3. Be there. Friends can get really good at disappearing on each other, as we learn to take peoples’ presence for granted.
3. Be there. Friends can get really good at disappearing on each other, as we learn to take peoples’ presence for granted.
Practically everybody in New York has half a mind to write a book — and does. – Groucho Marx
Do you also have a problem? If these following points sound like you, you may be an addict. But don’t worry. There’s a group for it. On Wednesdays we wear lace.
Will he, come September, watch ‘Homeland’ with me on a weekly basis, or at least not prevent me from doing so?
I can’t tell you the last time I sat down to eat and didn’t completely fall into a whirlwind of frightening thoughts: Is this really three ounces of chicken? Will drinking more coffee help me burn this up? Should I just spit the rest up into a napkin?
Give me another dose, I say, and move determinedly towards him. He needs encouragement, I say, once I get there and find him desperately trying to shirk the flawless shell I insist he wear in my presence.
I had a creeping fear that our world is turning into a more individualistic world and that we should all try harder to fight this shift. This fear has propelled me for quite awhile. It’s seemed noble, worthwhile. But still the doubt kept crushing me.
When you meet, will there be a handshake or a hug? If it’s a hug, will it be like a full on bring it in chest smush, or a side shoulder, one arm type deal?
Talking about what you’re going to do makes you a lot less likely to actually do it. Keep your plans to yourself.
Getting yelled at is terrible. But, like most terrible things, it is also an inescapable part of life — especially a life that involves healthy risks.
36. “Only time can heal his heart, just as only time can heal his broken arms and legs.” – Miss Piggy
5. We Need to Talk…About We Need to Talk About Kevin: A podcast where my guests each week are a couple that finally breaks up by arguing about the movie We Need to Talk About Kevin.
We were reminded of the capacity for evil and we were reminded of our own mortality.