frail

Main Entry: frail 

Pronunciation: \ˈfrāl\

Function: adjective

Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French fraile, from Latin fragilis fragile, fromfrangere

Date: 14th century

1 : easily led into evil 
2 : easily broken or destroyed : fragile
3 a : physically weak b : slight, unsubstantial

synonyms see weak

I'm sitting here with Zach sleeping peacefully on my lap waiting for the Tylenol PM to kick in when I thought about how frail relationships are. Sometimes a few choice words or quick key strokes can break a friendship or at least maim it. I look back on the cavalier attitude I had toward different relationships and I shiver. It also brought to mind one of my favorite quotes by Anais Nin:

“Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don't know how to replenish it's source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of witherings, of tarnishings.”

This type of murder is applicable not only to our relationships with our family, friend and e-buddies but also to our relationship with God. Recently I've been finding religious things that were once easy to me have become a struggle. This post is really a reminder first and foremost to myself to handle all of my relationships with care.

There are some aspects of friendship that I just plain suck at and I am going to start actively working on. I am really trying to do a physical, mental and spiritual detox so that I can live up to my potential in all areas.

Peace,

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