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“I think maybe that’s the issue. We’ve been letting shit pile up for years, ignoring it like the bills on our moms’ kitchen table. But now they’re all past due and we’re too tired to deal with it all.”
Nothing gets under my skin quite like that phrase from his lips. To me, You know that is the equivalent of saying: You’re being irrational. Because if I did truly know what Caleb intended prior to every time he says You know that—I’d be creating a problem where there was none. I’d be choosing to believe that his intention is to hurt my feelings, which I never once have. I know Caleb is kind. I know he’s not the type of person who actively tries to harm someone. But just because he’s never trying to hurt me doesn’t mean he can’t and I’m tired of him throwing out that phrase like it’s some sort
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“I don’t know what you meant by it, but I do know how it made me feel.”
“Often, we can find ourselves playing what-if instead of recognizing what we can do now to build the life we want. The truth is the past is one of the only things as stubborn as us humans. Unfortunately, it won’t change no matter how much you ask it to.”
I begin wondering what is worse: being overly familiar with each other or fading into strangers who used to know it all.
One thing about me is that the more I feel ignored by a person in my life (see: Caleb), the more I’m going to talk to just about anyone else.
You had to grow up fast, Sarah. You were thrust into adulthood very young and tried your best to play catch-up. You had a lot on your plate and more responsibility than many of your peers. It’s natural that you still expect yourself to excel—you were used to being ahead of the curve. But you don’t have to be ahead. You don’t have to be extraordinary. You don’t have to do anything. There’s no shame in living a carefree existence.”
“If you give me the space to grow, I’ll plant myself next to you. Always.”
Hope, in my experience, is a dangerous feeling, but I’ll choose to feel it anyways.
