This seemingly never-ending pandemic and the political state of the nation, along with dealing with the balance of work and life has me, like pretty much everyone else I know, thinking about how to conduct oneself in these turbulent times.
For me, it seems to come down to two simple issues: courage and kindness.
Read MoreMy wife suggested I write about friendship for this essay. Probably because I don’t make close friends easily. I, like most people, have many acquaintances but friends, true friends, are the next level. I look at relationships with others as concentric rings. On the outside ring are the day-to-day interactions I have with strangers and working inwards, there are the civil interactions and relationships I have with co-workers and acquaintances and beyond that is the circle of friendship, some family members, and at core is the innermost trust-based relationship with my wife and daughter.
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