I was trying to figure out how I’d make a certain point in this essay and – ta da! – Christina Lopes, DPT, MPH posted something to her YouTube account that helps to get me started. On the image are the words, “Non-attachment is the most loving thing you can do”, and the post goes on to say,
“Why do we cling so hard to people, things and titles?
It’s not just because we love them.
It’s because they hold our self-image together – like emotional super glue.”
Salad.
This is easier than I expected.
You now only want to have dinner with me once every five or six months.
Last time, you tried to argue about what counts as a Caesar salad.
What a relief that we have let go to this degree, each freeing up important seats at the other’s table
You deserve to have more fun and I deserve the art, nutrition, the dog
This is key growth, something actually sustainable
Far better than ignorant insults at a small glass table.
2.25.25
(I'll come back to this piece sometime for edits)