Vignettes From the Human Experience: Relationships, the Goat, and "Being Active for Yourself"

A thoughtful question, tolerating asymmetry in early relationships, and even in the 1800s it didn't suit some to work for someone else

We’re smack-dab in the middle of a family situation which has turned the last week and potentially some upcoming weeks upside down. And with this post going out on Election Day, it felt like just the right day to share a few thoughts and vignettes about things that matter to all of us: great questions, relationships, goats (or appreciating the small things we observe in our daily lives), and “being active for yourself.”

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“How does it feel?” A friend from college and I have recently begun using Marco Polo to catch-up on each other’s lives. Right at the outset, we agreed that neither of us needs to feel obliged to respond to every single thing shared by the other, because that can get really old. And that we can listen to and care about all the other person’s updates without repeating them back to the other. Maybe all that work on expectation setting and honest communication…