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Appreciating Your Friends More

Sometimes we need a push to get out of our busy everyday lives and remember to actively appreciate those we care about.

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Appreciating Your Friends More
Meagan Bloxdorf

Between work, school, social lives, activities and everything else in between, sometimes it's easy to let our personal relationships with those we love most sit on the back burner from time to time. It's usually not intentional, as everyday life can get in the way of the time we spend with our close friends and family. However, it does happen, and we often forget to contact our friends or have a hard time getting plans to work out and postpone until later. But as busy as we are, the last thing we want is to let our good friends thinking that we don't care about them.

It's extremely important to keep our relationships with the people in our lives on good terms. That includes checking up on the friend and wanting to talk to them to see how their life is going. To talk about both of your problems and offer a listening ear when they need it most. We so often forget to appreciate how much our friends and family have positively impacted our lives with moments and memories, and how much they've been right there to help us if we needed it. And in order to keep our relationship going strongly, we have to act on our ideal time of wanting to spend time with friends and actually follow through with it. Our friends have been there for us no matter what, usually always offering support or their two cents on the situation. They help cheer us up in goofy ways that only make sense to the individuals, and the amount of laughter, happiness, love and acceptance that they've had to offer you over time is irreplaceable. So when things in life get a little hectic, make time to relax with your friend. Tell them all your problems and things going on in life and make sure you listen to what they have to say as well. Feel the happiness that the bond between you brings and the wonderful feeling of being connected again.

But most importantly, tell them how much that bond between you and your friend matters. Tell them how much you appreciate everything they do for you and how happy you are that they are still in your life because after all, we all know we don't express our gratitude to the ones we care about as much as we'd like to. And, above all else, you get to see the warmth and happiness that fills them as they hear how much you actually care about them and how much they actually mean to you. That you are there for them as they are for you and just reminding yourself how much telling and showing your friends that you appreciate them will strengthen your relationship even more. Now is as good as a time as any to tell a friend or loved one how much you love and appreciate them, so if you were looking for a sign to call an old friend, then here it is.

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