This is so important and needed. Beautiful, amazing and incredibly wise. Thank you, kyesubire.
This season I have had disturbing conversations about friendship.
My heart breaks over and over hearing people talking about the pain of relationships in the time of hardships. I have been blessed to have long lasting relationships that are judgement free but deeply accountable and I have been judged and denounced by those I thought were friends. True friendship is intense and often hard to maintain because it needs extreme vulnerability that keep it alive. The hidden truth is that you cannot have many of these deep relationships. You cannot be naked and unashamed with many people.
Friendship is the foundation of all relationships even in the family. Just because we are born of the same father and mother and raised in the same home does not mean we are automatically friends; friendship must be cultivated. Many of us are closer to our friends when things are good and when…
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That is a fantastic post. Thanks for sharing it, Elizabeth.
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“…needs extreme vulnerability to stay alive” – LOVE this. x
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Really enjoyed this post. Thanks for sharing. ❤️
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Elizabeth, I tried to invite you to my now Private blog–but the message is that you’ve blocked invites. I totally respect that.
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I didn’t realize that! Thank you…i’ll change that…pls invite. Just give me till tomorrow to try to figure out!
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No worries, no rush, Elizabeth–we’re good (though I must seem rather flaky–can I blame it on pandemic, summer heat, “poet’s instability”?) 🙂 Blessings to you!
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Rhen, I couldn’t find the area that blocks or unblocks… I searched everywhere. I just requested an invite from your blog so let’s see what happens!
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You’re IN, lovey!!
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