For the past few months, Friday has been my sabbath day, which I dedicate to my family. However, in the last few weeks I’ve been disconnecting with this idea. Why? Family is the most difficult interpersonal relationship. It is most definitely easier to escape than to grow, but I don’t know how to escape my own ingrained habit of treating the people closest to me to different standards than I treat anybody else in the world. There is nobody to whom I am more judgemental than my own family, and I think a lot of people are in the same situation.

The only way to escape this is to be present, perceiving and understanding.