You cannot push friendship or love
into being. You cannot build strength
of feeling, camaraderie and mutual respect
where there is no depth felt.
Or seen. Or shared. Offered even.
This last point is especially true.
Why should the scale favour one
side; the other tipping over earnestly?
Futilely squeezing emotion from a rock.
I have learned this wisdom through
serious missteps in this regard. With
hands, heart bleeding from the effort.
You cannot force into being what
is not sewn upon middle ground.
—
Photo credit to Koshyk.
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9 Responses to “Six Word Fridays: Wisdom”
Molly@Postcards from a Peaceful Divorce
So beautifully put, Mel. That is a great guide for relationships of all kinds.
iseeyoulookingatme
Wow, how true is that! But, nothing can beat a true friend. They are priceless!
Adrienne Scanlon
oohhh…this stirs up a bit of emotion in me! As I grow to have a stronger sense of self worth, I am becoming less enabling… With that my expectations for relationships are that they be genuinely two way. Love this!
Brook @2bdancing
sewn in middle ground
exactly. just so. I love that phrasing.
Belinda
“I have learned this wisdom through serious missteps” — I think that’s the kind of wisdom that tends to have true resonance; not the advice from others and not the textbook kind of knowledge.
ayala
Some lessons are hard to learn….beautifully said!
Melissa
A painful bit of truth, this.
MissChi
Nicely put.. this wisdom one wishes one knew.
We often learn the greatest wisdom the hardest way.
“I have learned this wisdom through
serious missteps in this regard. With
hands, heart bleeding from the effort.”
–> definitely me.
Thanks for a beautiful post. I need to be reminded of this wisdom, more than ever. š
Sara
LOVE!
I’m all too often the one working too hard. I need to work on that š