Friendship

Some are based on usefulness, we help each other. Others based on pleasure, we simply enjoy being together. But Aristotle believed the highest form of friendship was grounded in goodness. These are friends we value, not for what they can do for us, but for who they are. We genuinely want what is good for them and their presence calls something better out of us. I don't have enough friends who meet Aristotle's definition and I want more. I want more people who know me, challenge me, make me laugh, and walk with me through the difficult seasons of life. And I want to be that kind of friend for them. Friendships like these don't just happen. They take time. They require trust, vulnerability, and the willingness to keep showing up. Maybe one measure of a good life isn't how many people we know, but how deeply we are known and how deeply we know others. Aristotle understood that we become better people through friendship. He was right. I want more of that in my life. This is Dr. Scott Morris for Church Health.