Sometimes my present self makes pretty heavy demands on my future self, expecting her to be perfect and in control at all times, expecting her to have thought through everything, every eventuality and every possibility.
But sometimes my present self lets my future self off the hook. It’s not really hard to do. She doesn’t even exist yet, after all. We have no idea what she will be capable of or what difficulties she might have to face. So my present self just lets her be, allows her to emerge how and when she needs to, taking over for us.
When I can do this for her, when I can let her off the hook, give her the benefit of the doubt, it brings me immense joy. And she feels it too.
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