"To love is to be inconvenienced and inconvenient." Well said. I googled this phrase and came up with a few somewhat similar phrases, but none quite this cool (IMHO). I have submitted it to The Proctor Charlie Collective for inclusion in the upcoming Cool Quotes app. It will be attributed to "Jessica Wills, Uncertain Slant: What Makes Life Meaningful?"
BTW, I scanned through previously submitted Cool Quotes and found the following: "Every thought can be untaught by doubt." It is attributed to "animal girl" is that your poetry?
Love this. In high school and college I had more friendships like this (where I’d see the person at their best and worst and vice versa). As I’ve gotten older and there’s more physical distance between me and my friends I’m rarely with someone when they’re going through something rough in real time. That SEEMS like a good thing, but something has been lost. You’re definitely onto something in defining relationships by the messy parts as well as the good.
I totally get this! Having just moved, I'm practicing something I learned from friends in AA where you just pick up the phone in your worst moments too. It's super tough to call people into the bad times but actually builds the best kind of connection.
"To love is to be inconvenienced and inconvenient." Well said. I googled this phrase and came up with a few somewhat similar phrases, but none quite this cool (IMHO). I have submitted it to The Proctor Charlie Collective for inclusion in the upcoming Cool Quotes app. It will be attributed to "Jessica Wills, Uncertain Slant: What Makes Life Meaningful?"
Great thank you!
BTW, I scanned through previously submitted Cool Quotes and found the following: "Every thought can be untaught by doubt." It is attributed to "animal girl" is that your poetry?
That is my poem! Originally published here: https://www.engineidling.net/issue-2/jessica-wills-animal
Love this. In high school and college I had more friendships like this (where I’d see the person at their best and worst and vice versa). As I’ve gotten older and there’s more physical distance between me and my friends I’m rarely with someone when they’re going through something rough in real time. That SEEMS like a good thing, but something has been lost. You’re definitely onto something in defining relationships by the messy parts as well as the good.
I totally get this! Having just moved, I'm practicing something I learned from friends in AA where you just pick up the phone in your worst moments too. It's super tough to call people into the bad times but actually builds the best kind of connection.
Reminds me of that book of poems I read in middle school with all the different subjects intertwined