Gods, we really are a wreck. Here we are, again. We’ve pissed them both off, and we’re on their shit lists. The urge to just fix the entire situation by offing ourselves is definitely strong. But we can’t do that. It would hurt other people, and they’d never let us hear the end of it if we dipped out.
I don’t even know if this is a last chance, or if we’re just delaying the inevitable. But fuck we’re going to try. An absolute overhaul, to change the way we process and project affection. Changing the way our brain functions, how we read and interpret words within a sentence.
Communication: Everything that could be of note now or in the future, communicated clearly and with full availability.
Support: Giving whatever support is wanted and/or requested, but not forcing it. Don’t assume your support is wanted in any way other than listening. However, remember your access to resources is a potential boon for others, don’t take what you have for granted.
Internal processing: Don’t let fears of past occurrences cloud present and future interactions. If something is said, take it at face value. But, conversely, if something isn’t said, don’t assume it’s fact. Ask follow up questions. Listen to what they say. If something is final, it’s final.
Apologies: Don’t apologize for shit outside your control. If they’re expressing discomfort and it wasn’t directly caused by you, don’t apologize for it. However, if you have done something that warrants apologizing for, make sure to apologize clearly, concisely, and completely. Be honest and forthright with your words, your intent, and your actions. Actions speak louder than words, don’t they?
Platitudes: Watch what you say, and make sure it doesn’t come across as condescending or patronizing. Even if you mean it in a supportive or comforting manner, impact over intent.
Love: You love them. Show it. Your heart breaks whenever you hurt them, so stop breaking your own heart by hurting them and build them up instead.
Protect: You feel protective of them. Stop being something they should be protected from then. Fix your shit, and their lives will get better.
Trust: You want to be trusted, crave being reliable. So act that way and earn it back. You’ll never make progress if you don’t set new reliable patterns. They need patterns of data strong enough to overrule previous findings and data. Give it to them. And trust them on what they say. They wouldn’t lie to you.
You want to save the world. So do it. Save the world you live in, or else it’s going to destroy you. Maybe the world you’ve created isn’t too toxic yet, but you have to change the environment now. Environmental protection to reverse climate change.
Hey. We love the rest of you, ok? And I’m sorry we let it get this far. It was supposed to be better for you, so we didn’t feel the same way the last crew did. But we’ve put you in the same position they were in. The headspace echoes with past and present actions and they sound eerily similar. Let’s change the music and write a new ending.
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