So pleased to meet you: why it’s never too late to make close friends

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/may/14/new-friendship-in-my-50s-taught-me-that-its-never-too-late-to-make-close-friend?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

She showed me a very different approach to dealing with a professional or personal setback: she doesn’t fight, she accepts. She regroups to heal and focuses on restoring her inner strength instead of allowing outside forces to suffocate her. At first, I couldn’t understand what seemed like emotional surrender, but as I got to know her better, I began to appreciate and eventually to emulate her Korean ways. She has taught me that everything is not always a battle.

I never believed in destiny…….