I have been reading recently some letters of Rilke,
which are new to me.
(He evidently wrote thousands of letters.)
In one passage he talks about the value in having a friend
who holds opposing views to our own,
of treasuring this relationship.
He says it is all too easy
to think of those with opposing views
as simply "other", or alien.
But when we learn to embrace opposites
in our closer relationships,
we open up in ourselves as well,
a "spaciousness" which can encompass
the contradictions in ourselves.
I think this is such a beautiful process,
and I have been welcoming it more into my life.
It opens up such new and unexpected possibilities.
~J
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