Friends

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I read this post in which the author writes:

One of the mantras of networking (and the many social networking sites that people are flocking to) is that it matters who you know. The goal of having a thousand or more friends online is that you're well known. Connected. A click away.

I wonder if there's a more useful measure: who trusts you?

Interesting. I know a few people who love to gloat about how many friends they have, but they don't seem to know any of them very well. Perhaps they like to keep things casual with the people they know, or perhaps my definition of a friend is too rigid. I suppose I just prefer to have fewer friends that I know well and love.

Arnon's best friend, Beast, once told me that having one Arnon in his life was worth a hundred lesser friends. I was touched to hear it. Beast moved to Texas a couple years ago but in some ways it's as though he never left because he knows everything that's going on with us. At the same time, we feel like we're in Texas with him because we share in all of his experiences. It's a good thing.

I can count on one hand the number of people I trust implicitly. Some may think the number small and consider me unfortunate, but I'm profoundly grateful to have such wonderful friends in my life.