Why You Need Friends

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🗓️ 12 February 2026

⏱️ 9 minutes

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0:00.0	Thank you for listening to my morning monologue.
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0:18.6	Remember, you can hear my radio program daily on Sirius XM Triumph and connect with me 24-7
0:26.2	at Dr.ora.com. I want to talk about one of the things you need like air, water, food,
0:36.2	you need friends.
0:39.6	It's funny, people are physically, mentally healthier, live longer lives when they have a social
0:48.2	net of friends.
0:51.3	Not talking about a cult or a gang or because those are not friends
0:56.5	those are people jammed together for other purposes but friends
1:02.3	somebody once said a real friend sees us with all our quirks and imperfections
1:10.6	and loves us anyway. And that's true.
1:15.5	Because if you have a really good friend, you're open with your quirks and imperfections.
1:22.9	That's one of the cornerstones of a friend. Someone, you can tell the crappiest parts.
1:32.3	And maybe even like each other more because you're so real together.
1:36.7	I mean, you can more likely trust somebody who is vulnerable enough to tell you the pimples,
1:45.5	not just the clear skin.
1:48.0	Okay?
1:51.0	So I'm just going to talk about,
1:53.2	knock off some ideas about what a friend is.
1:56.5	Friend is very supportive.
1:59.8	You know, you know, when somebody's a non-friend, when something good happens to you,
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