we can only tell people what we need, would like of them, how we feel,
then it’s up to them what they do
but if we express ourselves
vs wait, or hope or want or accuse in silence (or loudly in our minds),
I think we change things
inside us and around us
and that connecting the way we want to — whether it’s with that person, or another, or ourselves, or the world in some other way — becomes more possible and likely
it’s a practice of being, not a challenge of getting