Friendship Formula

If there’s one thing I’ve learned in this life it’s that our feelings are special, and learning who you can trust with them is a skill worth developing!

Brené Brown, my favorite researcher/storyteller, presented the marble jar analogy and this is a phenomenal way to teach your children - as well as something to incorporate into your own life - that will allow them to learn and recognize which people are worth holding on to as good friends and which may not be.

Friendship Formula

. When Brené's daughter, Ellen, was in third grade, her teacher had a marble jar. When the kids were behaving well she would ADD marbles to the jar. When they weren’t behaving she would take some out. When the jar was full the class would have a celebration.

This is a simple concept that can easily be applied to friends. Which friends do things that would add marbles to a jar if they had one? Do some people make fun of your fears? Share special information you didn't want shared? Say mean things about you? All these actions would cause me to take a marble out of their jar. Once that happens too many times it would be time to let that person go from my life.

We share the most important things in our life with the people who have proven, over and over again that - through their actions - we have been able to emotionally add marbles to their friendship jar.

Who in your life fills their friendship marble jar? What can you do to make sure that you're adding marbles to to other people's jars? I encourage you to get out there today and create connections with those individuals who add meaning to your life, one marble at a time! ♥️

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