A Psychologist Explains The Power Of 'Peripheral Relationships'
Here’s why weak ties and fleeting connections add colors and textures to our lives that strong ties cannot.
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Here’s why weak ties and fleeting connections add colors and textures to our lives that strong ties cannot.
Some people dread getting old. They focus on the limitations rather than the possibilities of aging. The actress Bette Davis, seeing few film roles from her agent and more wrinkles in the mirror, famously said to a reporter during a newspaper interview, “Old age ain’t for sissies.” Yet, we all grow older—or at least hope to do so. And more of us are growing older and living longer than ever before. More than 75 million Americans—almost 22% of us—are over age 60 according to the 2020 US Census. In the October 1974 general conference, Elder Vaughn J. Featherstone shared a quote fr...