Recently found myself in situations where I overhear or notice very private conversations occuring in very public places (son and mother discussing finacial hardship, a marriage ending, a relationship disintergrating over competing understandings of spirituality, a friend sharing their deepening depression). Trying not to be a creeper or eavesdrop, assure you that these situations have literally fallen in my lap and, in all cases, had to actively work against listening in b/c of volume and proximity. It leaves me wondering how much of our lives we spend not noticing the lives of those around us b/c they fail to invade our own in some way?
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