Making Friends and Real Connections

Making friends can be a difficult stretch but the risk and stepping out of your box can be well worth it.

People look for places to meet new people to connect with, we used to  meet people at work, in the grocery store or at a neighbourhood meeting or social. Nowadays people are connected via the Internet, cell phone and various other media, they are even connected often in work through a network system where they shoot of messages to each other. So do we really get to meet or know each other? 

Online chats, dating sites and other online connections have become the norm, but  we need to know each other and have a true human connection. With families often being so far apart, they need to create their own community,directions on how people can advance their acquaintance statuses. 

The technology is ot going to go away but we need to look at bringing in humanity and hospitality back into our lives, true connection is not only healthy but it is essential to grow as a human being and teach our children the importance of others; that we have feelings, emotions and how to care for others.

When I was a child id someone gave us a gift we would send a thank you note, we would send birthday cards and letters that would be loved by the recipient. I would get so excited when I wold get a letter from my Nan or a friend, and without even realizing that meant they cared to take the time to do that. Know if you have any mail it seems to e the dreaded pile of bills along with a pile of junk mail.

Now I want to stay realistic with this and I know the phones are ot going to go away but can we blend a bit of human interaction in there too.

Take a risk and step out, ask someone from work out for a coffee or lunch or invite their family over to dinner, bring back the art of hospitality. It’s not about what your house is like or if you are super neat, the idea is to make an effort to build real friendships, and never be afraid to introduce one friend to another and watch how relationships grow amongst different people. Your job is not to match make people some will hit it off and become friends, some will be acquaintances and some nothing in common at all, but you have started a chain for people to gather and have an opportunity to connect.

As far as hospitality if you love to decorate and do the house to the “nines”; then go for it, if that’s not your style and Sloppy Joe’s and pop it is then that’s just perfect too. (Just have something in the freezer in case you have a vegetarian over though). If you do not want to initiate the meeting and host an event, then join a group in your area and be sure to have children join activities where they are interactive in a natural way. There are so many groups and activities, through most communities, churches and schools or google your local area along with some ideas of interest and you will be surprised as to what comes up for you to choose from.

So expand your circle, add to your community, share your wonderful self and it could quite well make for a lifetime of friendship for you and the person you have touched. Who knows before you, maybe they had no-one in their life. make a difference.