Remember  CLEVER DOC and her ten questions:

Do You Laugh Enough?
Are You Still Learning?
How Angry Are You?
Do You Feel Trapped?
Do You Talk to People?
Are You Eating Right?
Are You Taking Risks?
Are You Refreshing Your Body and Spirit
How Often Do You Consider Your Aspirations When You Make Decisions?
Are you Encouraging To Others?

Now Clever Doc, an internist and occupational health specialist, is back with a casserole test:

Awhile back, I devised a two-part, Two-Casserole Test:  It starts like this:” How many people in your life will bring you two casseroles when you need them, when troubles roll on and on and even multiply?” Neighbors, church, the office will send one casserole (or card or bouquet). Friends care so much that they will send two – or many more. The rest of the question is, “How many people in your life will you take two casseroles to when they need it?”   

Despite our hectic lives, most of us know deep down that friends are important. We share the good times and we are a source of comfort and ideas to each other. We are safe with friends. We don’t have to clean the house before they visit. A woman once told me, “A friend is someone who will take you in, in the middle of the night, when you are running away.” Friends are committed to each other.  As comic book writer Len Wein said, “A friend is someone who is there for you when he’d rather be anywhere else.”

And here are some casserole recipes from Brooklyn’s casserole queen and blogger, Emily Farris.

If we are so busy, how can we find and keep friendships?  Tune in tomorrow!