I am participating in 31 Days of Five Minute Free Writes 2018 (all of my submissions can be found here).
Today’s prompt is: CLOSE
I have been in some situations where I have a shared log-in to a particular website with other people, people who are physically in other places. If I don’t close out of the website, they can’t get in. (For some websites, it doesn’t matter if multiple people are logged in simultaneously.)
There is a metaphor in that (needing to close out so someone can get in) for our lives and relationships too. It is easy, and the emotional default, to keep lingering on something (an issue, an opinion, a bias) long after it serves us rather than putting it to rest and moving on.
There are assumptions I have reached about certain relationships in my life based on one incident or conversation that didn’t go the way I wanted that have probably kept me from enjoying a potentially fruitful situation for both of us.
And I’m wondering how we “close that tab,” silence our minds, and put those assumptions to rest.
The people in our lives deserve better.
I know I have been given a second chance by people I have wronged or not given sufficient time or space at first.
Thank goodness.
(And a heartfelt thank you to Kate for hosting another 31-day writing challenge!)
Wife of one, Mom of two, Friend of many. My pronouns are she/her/hers.
That’s a great way to put it. “Close the tab”
You made it! You didn’t miss one day. Now you can close the tab on this. What’s next? Surely you have another writing challenge on the horizon.
That’s a good question! Either the book or …………
I like this analogy. I also think it’s important to give a second chance.
So important. Thanks for stopping by; you’ve hardly missed a day as a commenter and I am so grateful.