It took me at least the past six years to learn that if people want to be with you, they will. They will give up things and make time and persist (isn't persistence the key?) to hang out, even if only for a little while. Jumping through hoops is more than a lousy figure of speech, you know.
Sounds like common sense, but I don't think it's the fact that everyone already knows this; it's more the fact that we disregard it and choose to believe that people are really busy, too busy even to make time for us. Too busy to call. Too busy to care.
There is always time to pick up the phone, to write a quick email or letter, to stop by in passing.
If people want to be with you, I really do think they will do anything they can to make it happen. They sure as hell don't make excuses for every asking. This I know for sure.
...It's not a question of theory versus reality, sweetness, those two work simultaneously; the concern lies in distinguishing theory from practice. We'll break it down at work tomorrow.
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