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9. For what in your life do you feel 21. What roles do love and affection 32. If you were to die this evening
most grateful? play in your life? with no opportunity to communicate
with anyone, what would you most
10. If you could change anything 22. Alternate sharing something you regret not having told someone?
about the way you were raised, what consider a positive characteristic of Why haven’t you told them yet?
would it be? your companion. Share a total of five
items. 33. Your house, containing
11. Take four minutes and tell your everything you own, catches fire.
companion your life story in as much 23. How close and warm is your After saving your loved ones and
detail as possible. family? Do you feel your childhood pets, you have time to safely make
was happier than most other a final dash to save any one item.
12. If you could wake up tomorrow people’s? What would it be? Why?
having gained any one quality or
ability, what would it be? 24. How do you feel about your 34. Of all the people in your family,
relationship with your mother? whose death would you find most
SET 2 disturbing? Why?
13. If a crystal ball could tell you the SET 3
truth about yourself, your life, the 25. Make three true ‘we’ statements 35. Share a personal problem and
future, or anything else, what would each. For instance, “We are both in ask your companion’s advice on
you want to know? this room feeling…” how they might handle it. Also, ask
your companion to reflect on how
14. Is there something that you’ve 26. Complete this sentence: “I wish you seem to be feeling about the
dreamed of doing for a long time? I had someone with whom I could problem you have chosen.
Why haven’t you done it? share…”
These questions are bound to
15. What is the greatest 27. If you were going to become a stimulate some great conversation.
accomplishment of your life? close friend with your companion, There is, of course, no harm in
share what would be important for exploring some of the questions at
16. What do you value most in a them to know. your leisure after completing the
friendship? sets.
28. Tell your companion what you
17. What is your most treasured like about them – be very honest. If the quality of your answers can
memory? Try saying things that you might not determine the quality of your life,
say to someone you’ve just met. then it would be safe to assume,
18. What is your most terrible once completing this exercise, that
memory? 29. Share with your companion an you will cultivate more relationships
embarrassing moment in your life. of quality.
19. If you knew that in one year
you would die suddenly, would you 30. When did you last cry in front of
change anything about the way you another person? By yourself?
are living now? Why?
31. What, if anything, is too
20. What does friendship mean to serious to be joked about?
you?

Michelle L. Raymond is a Life Coach with a
special interest in well-being. To contact her,
email her at michelleraymondsa@gmail.com.

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