Posts tagged with ‘friends’

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The People We Admire We Become

by Steve

“To the people who love you, you are beautiful already. This is not because they’re blind to your shortcomings but because they so clearly see your soul. Your shortcomings then dim by comparison. The people who care about you are willing to let you be imperfect and beautiful, too.” ― Victoria Moran The kind of people around […]

3 Steps to Lasting Friendships

by Steve

‘Life’s not about the people who act true to your face. It’s about the people who remain true behind your back.” – Unknown    Sometimes it helps to have someone nearby, praying, loving, caring, even hurting with you. Someone who walks into your life when everyone else walks out. In my life that someone has […]

Building a Better Church: Connections

by Steve

I spoke to a man the other day who does market research (focus groups and interviews) with a wide range of people: what they like and don’t like; what they think and feel about various things. He said that overwhelmingly what people want more than anything else is belonging: to fit in and be accepted; […]

Old Friends – Same Smile

by Steve

Recently, thanks to the help of Facebook, I’ve reconnected with some high school friends that I’d lost track of during my college days over 20 years ago. Even thought in some cases the names have changed and for an instant I had forgotten who they were, their faces gave them away. In every case it was always the smile […]