By Dan Buettner — 2018
The people you surround yourself with have a profound impact on your happiness.
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CLEAR ALL
Love is not found in just one person, but in many people and many aspects of our daily lives.
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Shelly Tygielski is a radical self-care expert and creator of Pandemic of Love.
When a friend first presented to me the arguments for gay marriage, in 1994, I thought the whole idea was ridiculous. In the face of staggering prejudice against us, marriage felt so remote as to be irrelevant.
Friendships are affairs of the heart. How can we learn to treat them that way?
“Our boyfriends, our significant others, and our husbands are supposed to be No. 1. Our worlds are backward.”
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Platonic intimacy is the foundation of any friendship where everyone is invested in each other’s growth.
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Platonic love is a special emotional and spiritual relationship between two people who love and admire one another because of common interests, a spiritual connection, and similar worldviews.
Love is not only difficult to find, but is even more challenging for many people to accept and tolerate.
A real relationship is steeped in an inner knowing of ones’ inherent value. It blooms from well-loved and maintained foundation of self-knowledge, self-respect and clear values.