make more friends

I want to expand my horizon, meet people from a variety of backgrounds, cultures, and learn from them.

I really need to let go of expectations, just sit back, and observe who people are. Let them be themselves. Have patience. Let people feel comfortable to be who they are with me.

I think I need a couple of really good, positive, nurturing, single female friends in their 30s. We can take ballet classes together, go to concerts, dinners.

I am a shy person. I don’t open up to talk to people easily. It’s very difficult for me to make new friends, although I am good at being loyal to the ones I already have.

I think that making new friends involves a set of skills that can be developed and refined over time. So far, I’ve managed to learn cooking, eating healthy, managing finances.

Maybe, with persistent learning, I can become good at making friends :)

I realized I already have many friends in life. Instead of expending a lot of time and energy on seeking out more friends, I need to value every person that crosses my path, recognizing that every encounter with another human being is an opportunity to express kindness, to discover something unique about each others, to celebrate the similarities we share.

God, may you always surround me with good friends. Let’s accept each others as we are, share each others’ ups and downs, listen to each others, laugh together, enjoy the journey called life.

Ok. I think my expectations for friendships might be a little too high. Not all friendships have to evolve into heart to heart soul to soul sharing. Not all friendships have to be lifelong. As long as we are harmless to one another, it is ok to be temporary superficial friends. I need to lower my expectations to have more friends.

I feel like I have no friends to talk to. I mean, I have friends who want to do thing together like going to concerts, going dancing, playing sports, but I don’t have any friends that just want to get together to talk about what’s on our minds, to be honest open to each others, to accept each others with listening.

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