Love and Circumstance
I’ve been debating this post for a while now. It’s a bit personal, but I feel it’s worth sharing. One of the things I’ve learned to respect through moving around so much is how much our lives are molded by the time and space we inhabit. For better or worse, we can only really be – physically, mentally, and emotionally – in one place at a time. We all of course still have agency, but that agency is bound by the circumstances of our everyday lives. And then there’s this thing called love . Love is a force to be reckoned with in its own right. Like circumstance, it gives meaning and shapes the trajectory of our lives in its own way. And as I’ve spent the last 10 years or so hop-scotching around I’ve noticed something: these two forces seem to forever be at odds with each other. Love – at least in my experience – has no respect for circumstance. It doesn’t care that you already re-signed your contract for another year, or that your visa is going to run out in six months. ...