Welcome to Let It Be Easy with Susie Moore.

You know what's endlessly interesting to me?

How we decide who our friends are.

To me, it's simple.

In fact, I've recorded a podcast in the past around, you know,

what I look for in a friend. I like someone where I have that friendship spark with. I like a low

maintenance friend. I like someone who's adventurous and intelligent and likes to enjoy life,

absolutely all of these things. But I've also noticed over time that there are just

simply good fits with certain people, not because of necessarily anything on the outside,

but more personal characteristics, meaning some people have more of a sensitive constitution. Some people have more of a

bold, out there constitution. And you want to make sure that even if you're friends with people who

are opposites to you, that it's soothing to you or it's inspiring to you or it's giving you something.

I've got a great fable for you today. It's called

the two pots. And this is actually a pretty well-known fable because the moral of the story is

repeated a lot and it's been repeated a lot throughout history. Here it is, my friends. A river

carried down in its stream two pots, one made of earthenware

and the other of brass. The earthen pot said to the brass pot, pray keep at a distance and do not

come near me. For if you touch me ever so slightly, I shall be broken into pieces. And besides,

I by no means wish to come near you.

Moral equals make best friends. Have you ever had that experience where you just don't float so well with somebody? It doesn't mean that either of the two pots has anything wrong with it. They aren't

flawed. They are just different. They're just not meant to mesh. So put simply what this is saying

is let it be easy. I all keep repeating the title of this podcast again and again. What this simply means is

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