Friendship is a precarious thing these days. We connect with people. See their posts on social media, and think we are getting a glimpse of their real lives. But what we fail to see is the “B” side. The tedious little moments that don’t make it as a post, photo, or video.
Anyone who has ever created something faces a challenge when that piece of themselves is put in the spotlight. Whether through the written word, art, or something else. It takes an enormous amount of courage to bare one’s soul. To show who you are at that given moment. To give an “audience” a glimpse behind the curtain, the “B” side. Yet, all it takes is for someone to connect. To see value in what you created to know it was worth the risk.
So, I will continue to scroll through my friends' pics, reminding myself that there is so much more that I don’t see. That they are so much more.
Thank you Judy for showing us that side of you we didn’t see on social media. Thank you for taking that step outside your comfort zone. I hope others will read your book and find some comfort in knowing we all have a “B” side. To connect.
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