Choose your friends carefully, but don’t become so guarded that nobody new can get close.
Make people feel seen. Encourage someone who needs it. Be honest without being cruel. Protect relationships that matter, and think carefully before burning bridges over temporary disagreements.
People may forget the advice you gave them or the things you accomplished.
But they tend to remember how they felt around you.
At the end of the day, perhaps one of the simplest measures of a meaningful life is this:
Were people better because your paths crossed?
You don’t have to be the most important person in the room to make someone in the room feel important.
