Very thought provoking! I’ve always felt a kind of inner recoil at most of the social media call to arms to block or cut off anyone from our lives without first taking into consideration what we may have contributed to the issue at hand.
Of course, I’m an advocate for removing anyone who causes us not to feel safe, etc. But so often this behavior feeds into blaming others entirely and not doing the inner work to recognize, admit, and apologize when we’ve caused harm ourselves--and to otherwise show up better in relationships as “communal beings” (as you said).
This was an excellent piece. Thanks for asking the hard questions.
Very thought provoking! I’ve always felt a kind of inner recoil at most of the social media call to arms to block or cut off anyone from our lives without first taking into consideration what we may have contributed to the issue at hand.
Of course, I’m an advocate for removing anyone who causes us not to feel safe, etc. But so often this behavior feeds into blaming others entirely and not doing the inner work to recognize, admit, and apologize when we’ve caused harm ourselves--and to otherwise show up better in relationships as “communal beings” (as you said).
This was an excellent piece. Thanks for asking the hard questions.
Thanks for responding to them! I so appreciated your intro piece for Soaring Twenties, and planning a trip to that part of the world myself soon.
Else-letter I talk about apologies and repair, too: https://writeitout.substack.com/p/the-three-step-of-repair If you're into reading it, I'd love your perspective there, too.