Chasing Excellence

Chasing Excellence

Real Friendships Aren't Found

Daily Chase #326

Sep 17, 2026
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2 men sitting on rock during daytime
Photo by Brayden Winemiller on Unsplash

At some point in our 30s or 40s, we realize something uncomfortable: our friendships might be mostly ones we stumbled into.

School. College. First jobs. The kids’ sports teams. Community used to be done-for-us, built into the structure of life itself. Then the structure changed, and most of us just...waited.

We end u…

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