Don’t suggest holding the dog, or anything else for that matter.
Time may be a guaranteed way to gain perspective, but it’s not the only way.
My walls stayed rock-solid, but if someone was a good climber, they could get over them for a few hours.
The truth is, it was a tactic. Whether intentional or not, he knew that I would“give up’ if he changed his tone. He came out the hero, and I came out “overly” sensitive.
More often than not, our most honest thoughts come out when we’re lost. We must lose expectations and ego. I believe that the vulnerability of being lost beckons truth.
They fill the house with another personality, a reason to talk-out-loud, and an annoying amount of hair to clean.
So for now I will continue to say, “here I am and here I will be, through the confident days and the weak days.”