Our family has this unspoken rule that we don't talk about the affairs, the addiction, the money problems - we just love each other around the edges of all the hurt we've caused each other over the years. Everyone shows up for holidays and birthdays like nothing happened, and the love is real, but so is everything we're not saying.
More people experience this than they realize.
Love that requires silence about essential truths eventually becomes a beautiful lie that exhausts everyone involved.
“Where Are You with The Examined Love?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.