I have really fallen in love with Facebooking,texting,and now tweeting as much as the next guy.
It's has been great to be able to stay abreast in real time the happenings of my friends.But I was reminded last Friday when responding to a Facebook message from one of my best friends,how often I used these mediums as substitutes to connecting with my friends with the first real-time connection-that good ole Wendy Williams"how you doing"phone call.
One of the things that has really helped me the most during my initial post grad transitions is Friday night conferences with my two of my best friends aka my sistas from different misters. I truly cherish this time of endless laughing,sharing updates,and providing valuable life advice. Therefore I believe we must continually strive to be intentional in setting aside time to cultivate our friendships, as life takes us our separate ways. True friendship is truly a gift and should not be taken for granted. Let's not unconsciously place our close friends in the people you may now category.
In the spirit of cultivating friendships,I encourage you to participate in the following challenge that I found on Boundless as a task ,which is part of their summer challenge series.
Boundless Summer Challenge:Task 5
Relationship Week
Relationship Week
- Visit or call your closest friend. (No texting, Facebooking, tweeting, or IMing.) Ask them how YOU can be a better friend to THEM.
- Ask if there are any areas you can improve, or ways that you can be there for them in a better way. Don't let them get off the hook by saying that you're doing just fine.
- Spend some quality time asking questions about their life, focusing the conversation on them instead of yourself.
- Write a comment below letting us know how it went.
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The 2010 Boundless Summer Challenge began on July 8, and comes to a close on August 8. You can get an introduction to this Challenge here, you can read the official rules here, and you can visit our Facebook event page here.
