12/10/2025
12 October 2025
RECONNECT
Reach out to someone you havenāt talked to in a while.
We all benefit when we reach out with kindness and genuine friendship, especially when it is with someone we haven't talked to in a while. I am encouraged when someone I haven't spoken to in a while reaches out whether with a text, phone call or catching up at an event. It is interesting to read a 2022 study, āThe Surprise of Reaching Out: Appreciated More Than We Think,ā asked college students to write a short note and share a gift with someone they hadnāt spoken to in a while. They then predicted how much the responder would appreciate the act. Responders later rated how much they actually appreciated it, and the results indicated that people underestimated how much others appreciated it when they reached out. These findings held even when people reached out to weak tiesāpeople they didnāt know too well.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/au/blog/platonic-love/202509/when-you-reach-out-it-means-more-than-you-think
