Love, or any of these other huge emotional factors that matter so much in our lives often involve a chosen, shared cognitive dissonance that manifests in dysfunction, sadness, and pain. Why do we do this? Why do we spend so much energy looking in one direction when we’re running in the other?
The dead leaves. The clutter. The things that seem to matter so much at the moment. Why do we have self-awareness, but are unable to step out of ourselves? Why the impatience? Why the impotence?