Dear n2life:

“I just recently had a major major health issue happen. I had one person reach out and come over while I was recovering and that was someone I don’t even know really well. Someone has the sniffles? I swear I’m making chicken noodle soup and on my way over with it… Thoughts with the little amount I put?“-

(1) Has the very major health issue been resolved/ successfully treated?

(2) The one person who reached out to you, someone you don’t know well, may be someone like you who cares about others and is not afraid to show she cares, while the others who didn’t reach out to you, either they don’t care, and/ or they are too afraid to acknowledge someone else’s serious health issues because it awakens their anxiety abut their own health, life and death.

“How do you make healthy 2-way  friendships in your late-ish adult life?“- perhaps talk more, get to know other people better: what motivates them, what they are afraid of, what they value most..?

anita