Devotion
a huge part of what makes a society, of what makes a person — is what they do with broken things - Jamila Bradley
The same logic shows up in our relationships.
When someone disappoints us or when a bond starts to feel strained, we don’t ask what’s needed here? — we ask what’s next? We leave rather than learn. We chase newness, mistaking it for growth, and call it self-care. But sometimes it’s just another form of consumption — one that keeps us lonely,