#keep knocking

from In Search of Lost Time, Book 7: Finding Time Again by Marcel Proust

First illustration folks 

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William Arthur

I have a category of people that I refer to as the “can do no wrong” club. And I’m not talking about celebrity crushes or my cute, innocent (but not really innocent) siblings that have me wrapped around their finger. This collection of souls may sound familiar. They join the club the instant they take a turn down a dark road and you constantly feel compelled to bring them back to the light. Is it your job? No. Do you make it your job anyway? Yes. Whether your nagging conscious motivates you, or you just like a challenge (or both). This goes beyond that. Months, maybe even years go by and here you are, still hoping they come to their senses just as fast as they lost them. Everyone else has given up and treats the situation with a shrug and shake of the head. But you couldn’t do that even if you wanted to. We all have a “can do no wrong” club. It’s filled with people we would never expect. Outsiders would wince, wondering why you’re wasting so much time and energy on THAT person, but you’re still trying to figure that out yourself. There is no boundary. It could very well be a celebrity crush… Or it could be this awesome kid in your class that’s a little rough around the edges, but he/she goes out of their way to make you laugh so who cares if they get plastered at a party, forget you were there, and basically tell you to screw off when you let them know that you’re worried about their well-being. Yeah. Ouch. Or it could be someone you drifted apart from growing up, but you never stopped thinking about them from time to time. Life took a turn when you were kids and you both became collateral damage between disputing grown-ups, and now reaching out to one person feels like you’re betraying another. Even when you do reach out, they find you “guilty by association” and sever the only virtual connection you had with them. Double Ouch. Either way, you feel this weird responsibility to them. They didn’t realize it at the time, but they put a smile on your face when you really needed it. They accepted you when others didn’t. Now, you can barely recognize the person, but you still stand up for them every time their name is in a pool of gossip. They’re better people than what they’re doing. However, it doesn’t stop others from wondering why you hold on to the past. “They’re not the same person,” others say. “That person doesn’t exist anymore.” Maybe not. That doesn’t stop you from trying, though. It hurts every time the door gets slammed in your face, but you can’t stop. Not when you’re the only one left still knocking.   Can Do No Wrong, you’re probably wondering… Of course they do wrong! They do a lot of wrong. However, it’s not about each word’s literal meaning. It’s about the words as a phrase meaning that no matter how many times they push you away, there is nothing they can do to keep you away. I once tried shutting down my “can do no wrong” club. It was getting emotionally draining and I found myself way outside my comfort zone at times. But no one is put in our lives by accident. And the emotions that we fight the hardest against are the ones we usually need to embrace the most.

Keep knocking and the joy inside will eventually open a window and look out to see who is there. Rumi