‘Family’ is not always blood…it’s a feeling…
We are taught otherwise…
People who have experienced family differently…will treat you differently…good or bad.
You can ONLY do or feel what you have already experienced…or sometimes what you desire to feel.
Some strangers treat strangers really well because they know…
They have experienced family in a good way…
Not a common experience…
We imagine and assume what and how ‘family’ behaves…
It’s a misinterpreted ‘assumed’ position because of our ‘beliefs’…other people’s beliefs that were instilled in us.
***You can feel like family around strangers and feel like strangers around family***
Who you love…what you feel or do will not always be reciprocated in the same way.
Thank you to ALL those who treat others like family because they know what family feels like…or they themselves desire to feel that feeling…
It’s through them you can learn and witness the real meaning of family…
It’s a novelty kind of experience…
I always find a few on my trips…this time more than ever!
These are just a few from this trip…
There’s more…some are just a beautiful memory etched in my brain and heart ❤️
Including 3 year old Amelia who was my bestest dancing partner and we were drawn to each other like magnets…
She only spoke German but her eyes and smiles and hugs said so much…
A BIG fat energetic thank you to all those beautiful souls who leave such a powerful impact on my life in such a short time…mostly unknowingly!
And perhaps because I desire to feel that feeling…
What a feeling….
PS…
I am aware people treat strangers better than their family members and their ‘near and dear’…
I’m not naive or clueless…anymore…
I am realistic…
Familiarity breeds contempt…unfortunately it’s human nature.
I also observe how these people treat the family members they are with…or others they interact with.
I’ve met strangers who are nice and strangers who are shitty…
I have met family who were last nice in the early 70s 😜
I value anyone who is nice to others…just because…outside the home as well as inside the home…THAT’S important.
It’s the duplicitous behaviorism of people that I have experienced that makes me more able to recognize authentic people.
Contrast is a helpful learning tool…
My perspectives maybe a little Pollyanna-ish…wishful thinking perhaps on my part because of my experiences with people from the duplicitous side of the fence…
I’m good with being that way😉
Knowing that there are authentic people out there and me finding a few keeps me pessimistically optimistic 😜✌️
