Hey, it's Kelly, and at the end of every week, I like to share something true and useful,

something I stumbled over that gave me a burst of optimism, something you can share with

friends like an audio greeting card, something to help us all keep our eyes on what's working

and what could be.

So, I'll be right back with this week's For The Good of the Order.

This is Kelly Corgan Wonders.

Hi, guys.

So this week's go-to is about friendship.

You know that I'm a fan, as we all are, but I noticed this kind of beautiful passage in

a book by Mary Rufel called Dear Friends that I wanted to start with and then I'll share

something by CS Lewis that I loved and then some of my own thoughts.

I have had friends and have them now, but never once did I believe that in my lifetime

the word friend would have a new different other meaning.

I knew language evolved and changed over time.

I knew that there were new words every year to accommodate its growth and that some words

changed meaning, but love, death, flower, fire, friend?

Then one day I picked up a magazine and read an interview with the COO of Facebook.

Perhaps she still is, I don't know, but she was asked how many friends she had and she

said over 3,000.

I don't know all of them, but I have met them in one shape or form.

I would rather be antiquated.

I would rather die than make a statement like that.

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