Friendship is what really matters to us

Got a minute?

It has been a while since I've posted here, and even longer since I have done a podcast. But as of this week, I'm going to be back in business on all fronts.

It was 30 years ago and far away ...

Anyone who knows me knows the premium I put on friendship. To me there are few things more important in this world than the friends we make and the way we treat them.

Last month I had the opportunity to attend a 30-year reunion and see friends I hadn't seen since the early '80s. I was one of the founding members of the George Mason University chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity, and I was the first elected president after we received our charter.

I didn't stay in the Washington, D.C., area after college. My career took me in a different direction, but it would have been interesting to have been able to maintain those friendships during the last three decades.

Friendships matter -- more than just about anything in the world except family.

Without friends, we don't have much.

With friends, we are wealthy indeed.

Thanks for the minute.