This wonderful post from Soonly talking about our metaphorical electric fences which stopped working years ago.
The person who reaches out first isn’t the weak one. They’re the one who discovered the fence is broken. They’re the one running free while everyone else stands on their safe little porches, barking at the world but never joining it.
Your breakthrough isn’t on the other side of productivity or success or self-improvement. It’s on the other side of that text you’re not sending. That call you’re not making. That “I miss you” stuck in your throat.
The electric fence between you and the people you care about? It hasn’t worked in years.
But you’re still standing on the porch.