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NOVEMBER: the importance of friendship

Main Points of Class

• You need to choose your friends well (and not just fall into a group).

• Making good friendships requires generosity and effort.

• You will end up doing what your friends like to do, so having the right friends is crucial for life.

In-class activity: Attention on Others

• The purpose of refinement is to give the best of ourselves to others.

• We all bear little “monsters” of bad behavior within us. If we truly want to love people, we need to eliminate those “monsters”. This is the purpose of manners and etiquette.

• We should strive to give our attention to the people we are with and genuinely care about them.

• Technology, poorly used, often inhibits us from giving people our attention.

Out-of-class work

• Fill out the Friendship Quiz if you did not complete it during the session.

Mentoring

• Discuss the results of the Friendship Quiz.

• Complete a Monthly Goals Sheet.