“A.C Grayling put it best: "If you think of someone who has no friends you see what can happen: a human being, like a neglected garden, may become rather overgrown--quite literally dirty and unkempt, unsocial, introverted; after a bit, eccentric or half mad. Social intercourse keeps people--quite literally--clean and reasonably polite, sane and functional." Sometimes it takes a direct comment from a friend to change our behavior. But more often than not, it happens subtly and naturally. It happens without even trying, or even thinking about it. Like stones in a river, the waters of friendship smooth us out over time. As we submerge ourselves into the lives of our friends, they polish us and smooth over our jagged edges.” GrowthFriendshipRelationship Book:Made for Friendship: The Relationship That Halves Our Sorrows and Doubles Our Joys Source: Made for Friendship: The Relationship That Halves Our Sorrows and Doubles Our Joys