This week we focus on National Best Friends Day, which happens on Tuesday, June 8, 2021. Best Friends and Tip #9 in Ten Tips for a Happy Healthy Life, featured in our January 4, 2021, blog post, share Appreciation’s reciprocal qualities.
We can capture Friendship’s essence from this Mayo Clinic article1:
Good friends are good for your health. Friends can help you celebrate good times and provide support during bad times. Friends prevent loneliness and give you a chance to offer needed companionship, too. Friends can also:
- Increase your sense of belonging and purpose
- Boost your happiness and reduce your stress
- Improve your self-confidence and self-worth
- Help you cope with traumas, such as divorce, serious illness, job loss or the death of a loved one
- Encourage you to change or avoid unhealthy lifestyle habits, such as excessive drinking or lack of exercise.
WildFire! defines Friends as encouraging each other in living the priorities of our life. I like that Friends enjoy and respect each other’s company.
What is your definition of a Friend? Email it in and we’ll print a few in next week’s post. WF!
1. Mayo Clinic article.
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