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5 Ways to Deepen your Friendships
You do not have to be an extrovert to have great friendships, here are 5 ways to deepen your friendships:
- Make Friendships your Top Priority,
- Cultivate Transparency,
- Dare to Talk about your Affection,
- Learn the Gestures of Love,
- Create Space in your Friendship.
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Make Friendships your Top Priority
- Do not fear losing someone, for the idea of avoiding hellos to prevent the pain of goodbyes is anything but a solution.
- "It's better to have loved and lost than to have not loved at all" ~ Alfred Tennyson.
- Make conscious choices and efforts to make friends.
- Strong friendships free us and do not cripple us with dependence.
- Friendship is the most valuable asset out there, be sure to invest in it.
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Cultivate Transparency
- If we are more humble than a facade, if we build more windows than walls, we will have more friends.
- Get acquainted with the hidden section in your mind that contains memories of mean selfish impulses that terrify us, that erupt occasionally.
- Dare to take the initiative of self-revelation, sharing, and opening up.
- This does not allow your emotional life to be an open book. You must decide how much of yourself to reveal.
- Be sure to exercise caution, as to not damage the listener.
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Dare to Talk about your Affection
- Remember, when one distills the essence of our existence, it has almost nothing to do with material wealth, it is all about love.
- Take the initiative to declare your affection to the people you care about and see the bond growing even stronger.
- With that be sure to be selectively elusive.
- While trying to play it cool, don't be the unsentimental one.
- Showing affection will only make you human.
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Learn the Gestures of Love
- Spend time doing something together.
- Be the one to provide help with some task.
- While sending a gift, make sure to send a thoughtful one.
- Just be kind, in general.
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Create Space in your Friendship
- Give others room to grow.
- Don't be the top dog by intimidating others. Any short-term benefits received will be at the cost of long-term rewards.
- Don't be the manipulative type (overbearing, codependent, victim), consciously or unconsciously.
- Be cautious with criticism, and be tolerant.
- Accept them for who they are, even if you do not approve of everything.
- Allow for solitude, and respect their need for privacy.
- Don't expect to be the only one that matters, rather encourage other friendships.
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