Be the Knot

There are two kinds of people in the world. The first sees a rope swing over a sun-gistening body of water and thinks, “I’m ready to swing fearlessly and release the rope as I fall dramatically into the water with a sense of freedom and wild abandonment. The other person looks at the same rope swing and thinks, “Not on your life. Do you know how many ways this can go very wrong?” I am definitely in group two.
For me, the rope swing symbolizes the chaos many feel when their control and solid ground are slipping away. We hold on for dear life to our lifeline, hoping the chaos does not swallow us whole.
I started thinking about that rope swing. For all its danger, I think I forgot about the knot, which gives you a place to keep your feet, preventing you from swinging wildly. True friendship is very similar to that knot. Our person tethers us to reality and puts our troubles in perspective. Our shared love ties us to another person to the point where your inhalation immediately follows their exhalation. You breathe the same air and know without being asked what that person needs. It is a beautiful connection.
Who is your knot????

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