Nothing is assured in life and matters are
not necessarily as one imagines them to be.
You live among strangers who over the years
become familiar and with enough time elapsing
they become as distant family members with
whom a mutual trust develops. You become
as familiar with their foibles, their background
their values as they with yours. Perceived
differences fade into obscurity in the security
of familiarity. Until one day a jarring episode
occurs and the familiar becomes detached
revealing an obstacle has distanced them from
you and you from the feeling of assurance. Now
you gain comfort from those you have never
met, people like yourself geographically distant
yet coevals in your experience and it is from
their concerns and through their expressions of
solidarity that comfort is renewed with the courage
to face difficult times in stressful circumstances.
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