Sorry this is late. I succumbed to a bad headache halfway though drafting this and called it a night. What I’m up to Went to a new-to-me Israeli restaurant twice this week (thanks, C!). Still thinking about the absurdly brilliant Everything Everywhere All at Once
Sometimes I worry that I tricked my friends into liking me by a great first impression and they will leave me when they get disappointed by the flaws that I reveal. Yet somehow they are still here. Maybe a relationship with the "flawed friend" is more genuine and meaningful than one with a "nice stranger"?
It’s absolutely not cowardice - it’s the gift of discernment. I share the feeling of being stuck somewhere in the middle, teaching for a conservative school whose students are often not conservative.
Sometimes I worry that I tricked my friends into liking me by a great first impression and they will leave me when they get disappointed by the flaws that I reveal. Yet somehow they are still here. Maybe a relationship with the "flawed friend" is more genuine and meaningful than one with a "nice stranger"?
It’s absolutely not cowardice - it’s the gift of discernment. I share the feeling of being stuck somewhere in the middle, teaching for a conservative school whose students are often not conservative.