In basketball when you play an athletic team running an aggressive full court press all 4 players flash toward the inbounder b/c they’re supposed to
Hands out, eyes wide, calling for the ball
Only 1 of them (at most) actually wants it though
Best metaphor for life I’ve found
most people don’t realize how absurdly rare real connection is… how fragile, contingent, & wildly improbable it is to genuinely click with another human.
this is actually what makes it quite beautiful.
someone posted, “what’s an area you lack in friendship?” and someone replied , “if you voluntarily don’t tell me your business, i won’t ask. that doesn’t mean i don’t care about you. i avoid nosiness in case you aren’t comfortable talking about it