Before I read this, a friend from college reached out to me that I hadn't heard from in a while. Had she not, I think our lines would have diverged. I struggle in relationships where physical presence is not possible to supplement it for virtual presence. I haven't found a way for it to feel as rich and grounding. This essay put a mirror…
Before I read this, a friend from college reached out to me that I hadn't heard from in a while. Had she not, I think our lines would have diverged. I struggle in relationships where physical presence is not possible to supplement it for virtual presence. I haven't found a way for it to feel as rich and grounding. This essay put a mirror up to me. I am sitting in some discomfort with the truth. The truth is that, when physical distance come between a friend and me, I have a tendency to let lines diverge.
Thank you for writing this Camilo. You opened my eyes to take control over the agency that I do have in friendships instead of slowly letting it go. It also made me think about the quantity of relationships. At what point do we no longer have capacity to be a good friend. Should we limit the relationships we welcome into our life to prevent stretching our giving self too thin? Or is that shutting us off to beautiful connection?
Thank you again, this was written with a lot of heart.
Before I read this, a friend from college reached out to me that I hadn't heard from in a while. Had she not, I think our lines would have diverged. I struggle in relationships where physical presence is not possible to supplement it for virtual presence. I haven't found a way for it to feel as rich and grounding. This essay put a mirror up to me. I am sitting in some discomfort with the truth. The truth is that, when physical distance come between a friend and me, I have a tendency to let lines diverge.
Thank you for writing this Camilo. You opened my eyes to take control over the agency that I do have in friendships instead of slowly letting it go. It also made me think about the quantity of relationships. At what point do we no longer have capacity to be a good friend. Should we limit the relationships we welcome into our life to prevent stretching our giving self too thin? Or is that shutting us off to beautiful connection?
Thank you again, this was written with a lot of heart.