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The struggle is real
Relationships can be difficult under the best of circumstances. Under the most advantageous conditions. They grow. They flourish. They nurture us. They bring us a seemingly endless supply of comfort and endorphins.
But These Days are not the best of circumstances.
I have noticed within my own experience one of two things seems to be happening to my relationships.
They deepen or they fracture.
The relationships where I can be All. The. Things — The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly bits of myself — those relationships seem to have the bandwidth to grow rather than implode. Because in These Days, none of us have the abilities we used to have to hold our filters firmly in place. Our pain, our frustrations, our fears will seep out into our Now without warning. Sometimes bleeding all over the Humans who have the poor luck to be in the vicinity.
You will see changes in yourself and those around you. All of us are getting down to our bare bones. Emotionally, spiritually, and financially. We cannot tolerate any more laid upon us. And we play emotional Russian Roulette every single day. No one knows which tiny straw will be the one that brings an eruption.
But erupt we will. Or our friends will. Or our families will. Or our neighbors.
