I just finished reading the book – From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life (Arthur C. Brooks, 2022). There is a sentence about friendship sticks in my mind.
Adult friendship shouldn’t be left to chance.
Friendship takes time and effort to maintain in the adult life. However, I rarely take effort to maintain my friendships since I live conformably in my own world. Another main reason is I don’t connect deeply with others as if I cannot allow myself to reveal my true self to others. This is not a problem at the current stage of my life. I wonder it would be in the future when I’m older.