I’m fortunate.

I’m well-off in quantity and quality of friends. Last week I had lunch with a man I worked with in Mississippi 25 years ago. He now lives in Southern California and was visiting in the Portland area. It’s been several years since we last saw each other.

When good friends interact (whether face to face, on the phone, or by e-mail) something happens that makes one plus one equal something more than two. Invisible and inaudible things happen. When mental and spiritual gears mesh, power is generated.

Good friends are a source of enjoyment, wisdom, encouragement, fun, inspiration, counsel, motivation, security, and they make me a better person.