{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F2a256647-92cb-4fbf-895e-341446e93876","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"<iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 200px;\" title=\"Make Friendship An Art\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"clipboard-write\" seamless src=\"http://player.captivate.fm/episode/2a256647-92cb-4fbf-895e-341446e93876\"></iframe>","title":"Make Friendship An Art","description":"All-time great basketball coach John Wooden once gave advice to \u201cmake friendship an art.\u201d\u00a0 I have friendships that I hold near and dear but have never considered it to be an artwork.\u00a0 Have you?\u00a0<br />\r\n<br />\r\nArtists work on their craft every day.\u00a0 Artists see things in their most beautiful state.\u00a0 Artists speak their minds and speak from the heart.\u00a0<br />\r\n<br />\r\nGreat friends often work in the same way.\u00a0 They\u2019re there for you any day you need them.\u00a0 They see you as your authentic self. They don\u2019t hold back.\u00a0 They can tell you the truth, even when it\u2019s difficult to do.\u00a0\u00a0<br />\r\n<br />\r\nToo often, we treat friendships as a low priority.\u00a0 We don\u2019t see our friends for weeks or months at a time.\u00a0 \u201cWork is just so crazy\u201d, you tell yourself.\u00a0\u00a0<br />\r\n<br />\r\nBut if you don\u2019t pick up the phone enough times when they call, they\u2019ll start calling someone else.\u00a0\u00a0<br />\r\n<br />\r\nSo, how do you treat your friendships? - as a second-hand notion that you only focus on when you want to?\u00a0 Or is a piece of art that you\u2019re crafting into a masterpiece?\u00a0<br />\r\n<br />\r\n\u00a0<br />\r\nThis post is from our new series, Daily Momentum.\u00a0 Each morning, we send a short, inspirational post via email, blog and podcast.\u00a0 You can get it\u00a0directly to your email here.\u00a0 You can\u00a0subscribe on iTunes here\u00a0.","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/84060626-235a-42dc-9a40-a1eead6830e0/eAA1TPwy9oTcEamuijU4gpev.png"}