the difficulties of
understanding,
sharing,
trying to explain something that means so much to you,
but to others - doesn't often enter their realm of thought.
the difficulties of
trying
to take something you're learning and apply it.
the difficulties of getting people to understand.
the difficulties of trying to cross boundaries.
the difficulties of getting conveying importance and priorities.
something i realized this weekend: sharing new, important, ground-breaking things with people is really, really hard. and getting them to understand and appreciate these new things even a fraction as much as i do is even harder.
you can't force people to understand. you can't make people to listen. you can't manufacture feelings. but you can try to break it down, try to ease the transition, spend time sharing, and learn to understand yourself.
it's different, when you're constantly surrounded by people who love the same things you love. fighting for the things you love. tackling the things you love. understanding the things you love. it's different, when, for a weekend, you're temporarily surrounded by people you used to know, who you used to spend hours with, who you used to learn with, who are now in a different place with different priorities.
how do you attempt to cross that space? to have the people you love understand the things you love? how do you build the connection? how do we build bridges?
