Reality Check

It’s strange when we learn something about someone that we’ve known for a while that makes us realise just how far from that person’s reality we really are despite their being close in proximity to us. Not knowing makes our ignorance palatable on the one hand and yet on another level it speaks to the depth of our relationship.

The information changed me, changed my thoughts about how I would relate to this person in the future. Helped me understand the why and wherefore of her life. It came so completely out of the blue this conversation, I’m still shell-shocked by her disclosures. And all I know is that I’ll never be the same.

I think the change that happened in me was the opening up further of the door into a pink room of compassion. A room of delicate floral patterns and softness, light weight see through muslim cloth, textured kindness. All this, on a day that began simply enough.

An everyday kind of day except for one thing. I’ll never be the same again. Have you ever had a day like this? No? That’s okay, you could never plan for it, it just happens. And when it does, you realise you’d have never been able to plan for it if you tried. And here’s the thing, it can kick start a growth spurt in you, growth that when you feel it, you’ll know.