No one wants to be alone. But living with other people is not always easy. The built-in problem with relationships is our knee-jerk resistance to acknowledging that there is someone out there other than me. Hashem placed woman opposite man because the prerequisite to relationships is that there be an “other” we face — who is not me.
Babies start out quite sure that Mommy is a bit character in an epic play in which Baby stars and Mommy’s sole purpose in life is to wait in the wings and then rush in with the pacifier when Baby cries. In the process of growing up Baby makes the startling revelation that there is a “me” and then there is a ‘not me.’ Mommy actually has a life — feelings thoughts activities and experiences — that is not mine.
But even though we may walk around in the body of adults we still sometimes take up all the space on the stage. And while babies are cute enough that we forgive them for wanting to be fed right now even though Mommy only had three hours of sleep it’s scary when adults still relate to everyone in their life as props on their personal stage. Especially when we realize that those adults are sometimes us.
MY WAY OR THE HIGHWAY
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