“Our true nature is not some deal that we have to live up to. It’s who we are right now, and that’s what we can make friends with and celebrate.”

~Pema Chodron

I’ve been thinking a lot about friendship lately. Perhaps that’s because I’ve been making more time for my friends lately, including some from long ago.

The truth is, while friends come and go, the one that never ends is our relationship with ourselves.

We can learn a lot about how to be a good friend to ourselves b...