built for kinship,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
for connection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To be with good<\/p>\n\n\n\n
people,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
who get us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And people who <\/p>\n\n\n\n
have seen us<\/p>\n\n\n\n
live,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
and love us<\/p>\n\n\n\n
anyway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
People who share<\/p>\n\n\n\n
the same thread<\/p>\n\n\n\n
we do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Who have seen<\/p>\n\n\n\n
similar demons,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
and have tried to<\/p>\n\n\n\n
hide<\/p>\n\n\n\n
under the<\/p>\n\n\n\n
same beds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They are us,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
and we are them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And there is<\/p>\n\n\n\n
a profound luxury<\/p>\n\n\n\n
in realizing<\/p>\n\n\n\n
this,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
and even more so<\/p>\n\n\n\n
in being able <\/p>\n\n\n\n
to spend<\/p>\n\n\n\n
quality time<\/p>\n\n\n\n
with these<\/p>\n\n\n\n
amazing souls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For this life<\/p>\n\n\n\n
truly is short,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
and to fill it<\/p>\n\n\n\n
with bursts of<\/p>\n\n\n\n
joy, and blessed<\/p>\n\n\n\n
kinship,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
is the way <\/p>\n\n\n\n
to go anywhere<\/p>\n\n\n\n
and everywhere,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
through deep connection<\/p>\n\n\n\n
and heart\u2019s content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
~Lu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
built for kinship, for connection. To be with good people, who get us. And people who have seen us live, and love us anyway. People who share the same thread we do. Who have seen similar demons, and have tried to hide under the same beds. They are us, and we are them. And there […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[34,27,35],"tags":[7,4,3],"class_list":["post-330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appreciation","category-connection","category-gratitude","tag-awe","tag-hope","tag-life"],"yoast_head":"\n