💠 Inside Out: How Friendships Grow

Paralysis by analysis = Having too much information in my head and too little courage in my heart to make a decision.

(Yes. I spent a few minutes analyzing my definition. )

Come on…admit it. You have hidden behind the extra minutes, days, months, and maybe years of “research” to slow down decisions. Your gut spoke loud and clear about the right thing to do but time, money, relationship fallout or some other hard reality made you afraid to move forward.

Every man learns it takes courage to make changes resulting in growth.

Friends can slide into a frozen holding pattern just like an information junkie “researching” the next car they will buy. I’ve been in friendships too scared, immature, and mismatched to grow. These friendships exist on a surface level but cannot grow deep.

Potentially great friendships stagnate or disintegrate from a lack of courage.

Courage to forgive, mature, learn, create experiences, be more vulnerable, and so much more is necessary to grow as a man with a group of best friends. Yes, there are levels of tender feelings you need to display, but that is not where most of us find our courage. Men encourage one another into boldness so that we can be tender later.

A few things for you to consider:

• What friendship needs a jolt of courage?

• Who is a friend I can embolden?

• Is there a friendship you lost because you or your friend were not courageous enough to grow?

Great friendships create and grow great courage.