Good morning and
welcome to Morning Serial.
Okay good morning everyone
and welcome to Wednesday.
If you're weak or a movie, today is the
part where the hero's
going to be exhausted.
It probably just started raining but hey,
you're still pushing
forward with a granola
bar and some sarcastic
determination, right?
So let's just lean
into this mid-week day.
Now our quote to get you moving today is
from Ed Sheeran who said
quote, "Everything will
be okay in the end.
If it's not okay, it's not the end."
End quote.
Now I really like this perspective.
Ed's emphasizing that as long as you are
still experiencing
struggles, your story isn't finished
and you have the
opportunity to keep moving forward.
Now I love that.
Alright, well here are your four moments
that matter for December 3rd.
First, back in 2019, Spotify says Drake
was the most streamed
star of the 2010s with 28
billion streams while Ed Sheeran's Shape
of You was the most
streamed track with 2.4 billion
streams.
Alright, number two, today is National
Green Bean Castle Roll
Day and we all know why that
is.
Because you have so much of
it left over from Thanksgiving.
That is nobody's favorite.
It's definitely not mine.
Alright, number three, the number one
song on this date back
in 1988 was Look Away by
Chicago.
Now this song was on Chicago's Greatest
Hits CD, which was one
of the first CDs that I
actually bought.
Now every track on that CD is burned into
my being and I bought
that CD along with the
Def Leppard hysteria CD.
Alright, well number
four, happy birthday to you.
Today is your birthday.
You share it with actress
and singer Amanda Seifried.
She's 39 today.
Actor and the comeback
king, Brendan Fraser.
He's 57 today.
Actress Julianna Moore.
She's 65 today.
And a rock legend, the late Ozzy Osbourne
was born on this date back in 1948.
Alright, well today in Mel Robbins, The
Let Them Theory, in our
book review, Robbins introduces
the three pillars of friendship.
And the clarity here is a
breath of fresh air for all of us.
And she opens with this grounding
statement, "Friendship
isn't magic, it's architecture."
Now this is the idea that friendships,
they just don't happen.
They stand on foundational supports.
And when those supports shift or when
they weaken the
friendships, they naturally change
shape.
And Robbins identifies the three pillars
as proximity, timing, and energy.
Each equally essential
to a friendship, okay?
She explains that most of the confusion
we feel in adulthood
comes from misreading one
of these three categories.
For example, you might deeply love
someone, but if the timing
is off, busy seasons, baby
stress or career chaos,
the closeness it fades.
Not because anyone failed, but because
the pillar wasn't strong at that moment.
Now one line that hits especially hard is
this one, "Good
friendships survive distance,
but close friendships require pillars."
Now Robbins encourages readers to
approach friendship
without guilt, without pressure,
or without these
unrealistic expectations, okay?
Instead, evaluate the pillars with
honesty and kindness.
Which ones are strong?
Which ones are shaky?
Which ones can you strengthen?
Her biggest message in this chapter is,
"If a friendship feels
hard, it's not a character
flaw.
It's usually a pillar problem."
Now this shift removes the drama and it
brings in compassion.
It helps us to see friendships more like
living structures that need
maintenance, not emotional
mysteries, right?
Okay, here is your hump day takeaway.
Strong friendships stand on
proximity, timing, and energy.
Understand those pillars and you
understand the friendship.
Okay, Wednesday, we see you, but today,
build the pillars that matter, okay?
And let the rest fall where it may.
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