Familiar vs. The Unknown

The Familiar vs. The Unknown

I was walking down an unknown street in an unfamiliar city and was thinking, as one does as the years move on at a seemingly faster pace.  Thoughts of how one builds relationships and maintains them over time.  Is it the familiarity of our surroundings that make those relationships easier?  They were not always familiar as they were once new as we took the risk to change our surroundings --- to try something new.  I am thinking it is the passage of time that softens the blow and mitigates the risk --- then it all seems familiar once again.  Could it be that simple --- just the passage of time?  I was thinking as one does walking an unfamiliar street…..

The Familiar

A place of comfort

Caring and consistent

Predictable welcoming easy warm

The road most travelled

Unguarded you feel protected

You do not allow vulnerability as you embrace familiarity

It is a place you can be exposed

Easy and effortless

You know the result

You are recognized by your accomplishments you are seen

You are loved and you allow yourself to love and be loved

Vs.

The Unknown

A place of mystery

Uncomfortable, unprotected, unsure

You build your walls, fear is your guide

A need to prove, to establish, guarded as you struggle

Not warm or caring but you are not allowing, lonely

Strength thru Vulnerability

A place of discovery to start again renewed

Excitement, risk taking, discovery

A new self, perhaps an old self

Lost without the familiar

A place of potential

Of love, success, comfort

A place that is now familiar

I was just thinking as one does……