The People Around You

I think one of the often unsung parts of adult life is having good people around you.

Supportive, interested, and generous work colleagues (one of my favorite current categories).

Family who get you and you can actually connect with (rare and exceptional).

and friends. FRIENDS. The heros of life, the gifts of the unsexy everyday. The people of the longterm.

Who you have around you with the important distinction of who you decided to not have around is a big deal. They make a life or not. You don´t need to have great neighbors to be a happy person, but it´s a secret gift if you do. People who can storehouse intimacy and connection in unique, off the script ways more based on daily life than on expectation. How was that meeting you had?

I believe we need to have people around us putting money on the table on our behalf. People who want you to be well and healthy and do what you need to do. People who are keeping up with your week, what happened, how tired you are, what’s next.

It frames a life in the space of connection because that’s what we are wired for anyway.