Conversations on Love

by Natasha Lunn

The only outcome was the one that happened.

Now I think of friendship as a thread that tethers us to another person. There are years when, if we pull on it too much, tug for more of the thread than the other person is able to give at that point in their life, then it will become tight and strained and tense. It might even snap. But if we can loosen our grip a little, let it slacken in the middle, it will give both friends space to move closer and further apart. We won’t necessarily feel its presence every day, but it’ll still be there when we need to find a way back to each other.