As I expand my social network and create new connections and rekindle old connections, I'm seeing life through different perspectives and I'm viewing people differently. At first I was frustrated with the people who didn't step up in the ways I thought they would to support me but I wanted to think long game. These were people who were important to me that I enjoyed spending time with. I didn't want my challenges to be some test of our relationship. And fortunately, so many other people stepped up in so many unexpected ways so I just refocused my energy elsewhere but kept the door open.
As the months have passed, I'm seeing sometimes the reason people don't step up for us like we want them to is because they are facing their own challenges in their life. Sometimes the timing is just off for them to have the bandwidth to support someone else. Sometimes people disappoint us because our expectations don't match what they are able to do in that moment.
So I'm going to continue trying to give people grace and think towards the long game with the people I enjoy being around and care about even if they can't always be there for me.
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