“You always find beautiful words to congratulate me, yet for years I’ve felt that you never truly heard me. I don’t need applause as much as I need to be understood.”
They appreciate the idea of you—or what they can borrow from you—more than they genuinely know you.
A true friend doesn’t have to remember every word, yet over many years they should listen, understand what matters to you, and make you feel known.
“She reflected everything about me—except the truth I had been telling her for years.”
My Near Death Experience Arts and Thoughts. By Bonnie Jennings 