Thoughtful writers make me smile! There are few things I enjoy more than connecting with others who express themselves so well that they keep me nodding in agreement–or persuade me to think about something I haven’t previously considered. This is exactly what’s happened with the Wise Words series.

In last week’s Wise Words post the topic was Friendship, based on this quote from Henry David Thoreau:

“How often we find ourselves turning our backs on our actual friends, that we may go and meet their ideal cousins.”

As I read through other bloggers & writers responses to the same quote, I reveled in the profundity of their words. Here are three posts that will make you stop and think about the friendships you cherish:

Velveteen Mama wrote poignantly, with insight and depth, about a true friendship she regrets losing. As she’s grown older and wiser, she says this:  “It may be idealistic, but it seems as though that’s the only way to tap into what friendships can really bring into our lives if we are brave enough to choose it.”

Lindsey, at A Design So Vast, impressed me both with her use of the word ‘lacuna’ and usual sagacity. She begins by saying, “Thoreau’s words remind of the adage that the perfect is the enemy of the good,” and it gets better from there.

Dina, at More from Mom, ruminates that “new and shiny is not necessarily better,” as she celebrates the friends she loves.

I’ll post this week’s quote later today. Love to have you join in on Wednesday (details here)!