Writing Without the Drama

Yeah, you wouldn’t think those two two statements would go together, but for me they definitely do.

We have done a wonderful job of not being so sharp.  Being softer.  More kind.  Gentler.

But to desire tenderness?  To want to approach each and every interaction in my life with tenderness and expect tenderness back?

Okay, that just sounds completely crazy.

It really does need a huge CAUTION in front of it.

Or does it?  What interaction wouldn’t benefit from tenderness?  Even if the external circumstances were brutal (which I think if tenderness was your baseline, you wouldn’t ever get close to a brutal situation, but hey, this is an example), treating yourself with tenderness has got to help, right?

Tenderness feels so much more dangerous than gentleness.  Gentle feels like the action while tenderness is the intent.

I feels like children can be gentle, but it takes the parent to be tender.  Tenderness feels like it takes far greater patience.  Far more grounding.

Shouldn’t the warning be:  Caution!  No tenderness ahead?

Yeah, I think I really like coming up on tenderness

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