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Advent (Joy): Cultivating Friendship

Posted on December 20, 2013 by Bob Patrick

Emotional support means that someone other than me understands the feelings that are tossing me around in my life.  The very existence of another human being who sees and understands me on that level brings–joy! Self-disclosure means that another person … Continue reading →

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Advent (Joy): Friendship

Posted on December 18, 2013 by Bob Patrick

“Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief.” Marcus Tullius Cicero Friendships are crucial to our experience as human beings.  Both in my life as a teacher watching adolescents interact, … Continue reading →

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