Nothing Beats Quality Time with Great Friends

Be grateful for those who make us happy!
Marcel Proust

by Skip Cohen

It's just a light post for an uneventful Tuesday, but it's still a thought worth sharing. I often start each day wandering through a book of great quotes, and the one above struck me as so appropriate this morning.

I missed writing a Sunday Morning Reflections post last weekend, not because I couldn't come up with a topic, but because we had company, and I didn't want to spend time in my office at the computer.

After working together for so many years and doing the Mind Your Own Business and Tamron Recipes podcasts, plus a few others, we finally got Chamira Young and Troy to Florida for a visit. Chamira and I did over 150 podcasts together, but we only met for ten minutes at WPPI many years ago. While we met one evening at ClickCon in Detroit last year for a short visit before the program I was doing, there was never any quality time.

Here's my point, starting with the quote above. There's that old quote by Brian Chalker: "People come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime." Well, our friendship started with a reason, co-hosting a great podcast. It was always more than a season; now, it's evolved into a lifetime. And the four of us hanging out together for a long weekend was all about being happy and grateful for a remarkable friendship.

In an online world where we all "know" so many people in cyberspace, it's a great experience when you finally get quality time together...LIVE! Social media, even phone calls, and Facetime are great for getting to know people, but nothing beats face-to-face time together!

Do you have friends with whom you've missed spending quality time? While everyone says time flies when you're having a good time, the reality is that in good times or tough times, the clock never slows down. Make time for those special people who are in your life for a reason, season, or lifetime. 

​And to Chamira and Troy, thanks for making the trip and heading a few miles south of Detroit! It was a perfect weekend.

​What a kick! ​

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