Maryanne Comaroto, Ph.D., answers the question: Is there such a thing as having too many friends? 

I have wanted to write this blog for weeks, its answer pressing on me as I sit sneezing, coughing, achy, stuffy head,  Kleenex feverishly strewn about in a trail from my  bed to my computer. So I sit cross-legged in my favorite jammies,  gurgling, nursing my tea, missing dancing with my beloved friends this Sunday morning, torn between caring for myself and showing up for the rest of life.

I know it is my practice to listen daily to my body and follow its wisdom: sometimes to sweat my prayers and celebrate freedom of being, sometimes in stillness, and at other times alone. Then I picture my husband dancing among my friends, churning about, his eyes closed, people spinning past him, hugging on to him, sharing their beauty and authentic presence with him, when I realize the gift of friendship that I find on that very dance floor lives inside me no matter what state I am in. I exhale and relax into my healing, comforted by the truth of it.