Well, for starters<\/p>\n\n\n\n
it\u2019s that you\u2019ve<\/p>\n\n\n\n
probably never<\/p>\n\n\n\n
really considered<\/p>\n\n\n\n
birthdays<\/p>\n\n\n\n
to be in the <\/p>\n\n\n\n
problematic category<\/p>\n\n\n\n
at all,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
or, by sharp<\/p>\n\n\n\n
contrast,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
perhaps you have<\/p>\n\n\n\n
anchored them<\/p>\n\n\n\n
in that very category<\/p>\n\n\n\n
for so long<\/p>\n\n\n\n
that you literally<\/p>\n\n\n\n
cannot fathom<\/p>\n\n\n\n
them to be worthy<\/p>\n\n\n\n
of any other <\/p>\n\n\n\n
type of classification\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
probably ever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And herein lies\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
the rub.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And mind you, not the good kind,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
but I digress\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What happens when<\/p>\n\n\n\n
you catch the meerest<\/p>\n\n\n\n
glimpse, or even<\/p>\n\n\n\n
the faintest suggestion<\/p>\n\n\n\n
of how the other<\/p>\n\n\n\n
half lives?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fundamentally changing<\/p>\n\n\n\n
the way you view things,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
that aren\u2019t really<\/p>\n\n\n\n
things at all?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To my own heart,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
this has brought<\/p>\n\n\n\n
consideration, contemplation even,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
and a longing to <\/p>\n\n\n\n
make things right,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
without the faintest<\/p>\n\n\n\n
notion of what <\/p>\n\n\n\n
right might actually<\/p>\n\n\n\n
be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So perhaps this\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
isn\u2019t<\/p>\n\n\n\n
about birthdays<\/p>\n\n\n\n
at all,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
and instead about<\/p>\n\n\n\n
connection,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
keeping the other person in mind, and<\/p>\n\n\n\n
holding space <\/p>\n\n\n\n
for them to<\/p>\n\n\n\n
expand into <\/p>\n\n\n\n
their fully wondrous self<\/p>\n\n\n\n
at their own pace, <\/p>\n\n\n\n
with the luxury of time\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
~Lu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Well, for starters it\u2019s that you\u2019ve probably never really considered birthdays to be in the problematic category at all, or, by sharp contrast, perhaps you have anchored them in that very category for so long that you literally cannot fathom them to be worthy of any other type of classification\u2026 probably ever. And herein lies\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[27,33,52,18],"tags":[4,3,5,8],"class_list":["post-350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-connection","category-contemplation","category-discomfort","category-love","tag-hope","tag-life","tag-possibility","tag-uncertainty"],"yoast_head":"\n