This is Day 5 of the Positive 100, a countdown to Rare Disease Day 2014 and an exercise in being positive despite it all.

This is one of my favorites. Not going to lie. Life is not an isolated experience and sharing it with someone, or many someones is the fastest way to make your life a little more positive.

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity. – Khalil Gibran

Today is about reaching out to friends, not because you need them. Or because you owe them a call. But because they are special and they deserve a just because you were thinking about them kind of call. You are reaching out. Showing them that they are in your thoughts when they are not right there.

Today I am taking time to call friends who I don’t get to see nearly often enough. Just because they are important to me. And it is my responsibility to nurture the friendship.