The Quiet Power of Friendship: Lessons from 2025

I’ve been thinking a lot about what I want for 2026, and also a lot about what I learned in 2025. One thing about 2025 that stands out for me are my friendships: how these friendships deepened my experience of the year in so many ways.

I experienced friends in ways I never appreciated before, that informed my life and led me to other experiences that would never have occurred otherwise. I gained something very personally important to me when a friend and I supported each other to stretch for what seemed so far away. We both achieved what we desired because of our mutual support. That achievement opened new paths for me that I have aspired to for many years.

And because of that achievement, the possibilities for 2026 are that much greater.

Quote of the Week

“…each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.”

-Anais Nin

Why friendship can be just as meaningful as romantic love

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