I think one of the most profound forms of love is “I’ll try that, for you. I may not like it, but I’ll try it.”
It’s a confused middle-aged man in a pottery class, whose daughter is helping him with his clay’s plasticity. It’s a kid scrunching up their brow while listening to their mom’s favorite music, trying to figure out why she likes it. It’s a girlfriend who says “Yes, I’ll go with you” and her girlfriend cheering and buying a second ticket for a con. It’s a friend half dragging another friend through an aquarium, the one being dragged laughing and calling out “Wait, wait, I know we’re here for the exhibit, but I haven’t been here! Slow down!”
It’s being willing to spend some of your time trying something new because it makes someone you love happy.
[image 1 description: A colored watercolor painting of two daisies. One is growing in the grass and one is growing crookedly out of a pile of rocks next to it. The daisy growing out of the grass says to the other daisy, “you are so strong.“ The other daisy replies, “I’m not strong. I am surviving in a situation I have NO CHOICE over. “
image 2 description: The same two daisies, continuing the conversation. The daisy growing in the grass says to the daisy growing in the rocks, “HAVE YOU TRIED NOT GROWING IN ROCKS? MY COUSIN DIDN’T HAVE THESE PROBLEMS AND HE GROWS IN MULCH. I FIND SUNLIGHT AND WATER REALLY HELP FOR ME.”]
