The inner circle
Reflecting on a recent conversation as well as something I've been thinking about lately, I wonder how well we ever truly know anyone, whether it be the person who shares an office with us for eight hours a day, or even so much as members of our own family. We only expose the parts of ourselves that we want seen, but that varies in different situations. How much we let other people see the vulnerability, the fear that is intrinsic in all of us, is ultimately what connects us. But sometimes it's also the wedge that drives people apart. For the better you know someone, the greater the power you have to hurt them- to shatter disillusions, to dissolve dreams.The question then becomes twofold: is it for the greater good to live life in a complacent manner and consequently not form emotional attachments, therefore never inducing pain or grief (and is this possible), or to expose the inner core of your being and welcome the flood of accompanying passions of love, sadness, longing or suffering?
Within the greater sequence of time, we pass through each others lives incredibly quickly, leaving just glimpses of who we are, and sometimes a trail of what we could have become if we stayed for longer. The interconnectedness of it all formulates this reality of past, present, and future.
posted by Sheila @ 11/21/2004 07:42:00 AM
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