Introduce Your Friends

One of the best kinds of messages I receive these days is a photo from two friends in New York who text me whenever they hang out together.

Six months ago, these two had never met, even though they are both important people in my life and have been for years. They were introduced at a birthday dinner I had, where I sat them across from one another. While I thought they may get along, there was no real agenda. "Get along" has turned out to be an understatement.

This has been something I've tried to do more of recently, with great success. One of the ways I've celebrated my birthday in the past few years is renting a big house and inviting a group of close friends and their partners to come hang out. The goal is that they spend enough time together that they can see what I love and appreciate about each other without me having to point it out myself.

Those birthday celebrations (and similar activities) have led me to believe that introducing friends is something that all of us would benefit from doing more often. If you have people you are willing to spend time around, they are probably people that others will enjoy as well.

For those of us in good orbits, perhaps the most valuable thing we can do is alter gravity in such a way that creates more collisions.