Balance for Busy Women: Your Happiness - Relationships
Seven Simple Friendship Tips
For Busy Women
“In my friend, I find a second self.”
Isabel Norton
I remember singing around a campfire at girl scout camp, “Make new friends, but keep the old. One is sliver and the other is gold.” I was too young then to realize the value of the advice, but now I do. Friendship takes time, effort, giving, and patience, but it returns the investment over and over throughout your life.
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You've Got to Know When to Hold Them, Know When to Fold Them
“Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life.”
~ Pythagoras
I love this quote. I found it when a friend was moving out-of-state for a new job, and I was looking for something profound to put in the memory box we made for her. “We” in this case was a group of women who worked together and occasionally had a “Ladies Night Out”, and sometimes we still do.
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Relationship Tip - Argue wisely.
When an issue flares up, call a time out and offer to deal with it later. If one of you is feeling cranky, don’t take it out on each other. Take time to relax and regain your balance. Discuss it when you both have the time and energy to address it properly.
Relationship Quote:
“A friendship can weather most things and thrive in thin soil – but it needs a little mulch of letters and phone calls and small silly presents – just to save it from drying out completely.”
--Pam Brown
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