Seattle, WA
25 January 2025 :: iPhone 14 Pro Max :: f/2.2 1/4s :: ISO-2000
Dear Stranger;
Sometimes I'll revisit an idea, or a part of myself, and view it with a different perspective and yes, things look different, but sometimes it comes with a feeling that others seem to have you trapped inside their perception of who you are. My current observation is that this comes from people that claim to be really good at "reading people," and when you start to grow and change, it seems to register as a departure from their idealised version of who you are where the conflict of the image creates some form of tension or even dislike in who you have become.
It's hard to accept that there are things out of your control, and this is one of those things. However, the nice balance is that friends you consistently see as genuinely kind throughout their growth will also see you for who youck over the year are. Looking bas, I've noticed an invisible string that they've been weaving for you, tying you to your past and present not to hold you to some previous version of yourself but to show you how far you've come.
Those are the people in your life that, I've come to find, are the ones to keep. I'm seeing, in these years, that I might not have many friends from others' definitions, but the ones I have are of such high quality and it has made all the difference.
Magically,
-j
