Why Don't We Tell Each Other the Bad Things?
Monday, September 6, 2021
Sometimes I wish it were acceptable to just, like, ask everyone for their absolute worst life updates. We all feel so inclined to give the good updates — I'm enjoying my new job, we'll start looking for houses again soon — & it just doesn't feel appropriate to give the bad ones.
Don't you kind of feel like it would be helpful, though? To know?
Sometimes, when you're the one going through the muck, it can be all too easy to feel like you're alone in struggle. Sure, we know, in theory, that everyone is going through something; "Be kind," Mother Theresa taught, "for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle."
But when everyone is doing such a damn good job of hiding their battles, it can feel like you're the only person in the world who's floundering.
