Who Knows How Long We Have?
In matters of the heart, it’s best to think change is inevitable
Lots of us are cooped up together, sometimes with a lover. Sometimes with a family. Sometimes with housemates. And, for some, all alone.
It’s important to remember, that if you are like most human beings, the last category — your aloneness — will occur at some stage. People relocate. People get sick. Parents die. Partners leave. And, widowhood, too, is almost inevitable. How many couples can you name in your lifetime that all died at the same moment? This means that someone, somewhere, is unexpectedly alone. It is not a contingency that we routinely prepare for, after all.
Yes, many of us are hunkered down during a worldwide crisis. Dare I write an article without mentioning its all to often heard, and contagiously repeated, name?
Many of us are driving each other crazy. We will drive each other a little crazy, but guess what? Not having your loved ones near will make you even crazier.
We evolved to love one another. It may not feel that way every minute, but be assured, like a mother grizzly, or your slobbering, obsequious, puppy dog, we evolved with love as a matter of survival.
Be prepared to be driven a bit nuts.
