Today I made a trip to New York City to visit friends and attend a professional event. I was so glad I took the day off for this side quest. I had coffee with a colleague-turned-friend in Borough Hall, and drinks over dinner with another friend in Chelsea.
Friendships require nurturing, and that nurturing begins with your initiative to reach out. Friendships do not exist in a binary state of existence/non-existence, but rather dwell on a continuum. They either deepen or start to fade. Today I feel I have deepened these treasured relationships.