Trust

Someone has defined friendship as “knowing the heart of another and sharing one’s heart with another.” We share our hearts with those we trust, and trust those who care about us. We confide in our friends because we have confidence that they will use the information to help us, not harm us. They in turn confide in us for the same reason.

- Julie Link, Our Daily Bread

Relationship Give-and-Take

Do a relationship inventory:

• what % are people I am sourcing (mentoring, caring for, training, parenting),
• what % are people who are sourcing me, and
• what % are mutual friends with a lot of give and take?

You need some in each group to be balanced. - John Townsend