I have been pondering the idea that so many of our current challenges involve people's struggle with the actual complexity of life. So many people seem to want a binary choice, an easily digestible answer, rather than have to confront the fact that maybe there isn't one. But the Universe is diverse and nuanced, and beautifully so, even if built on some remarkably simple rules. Yes there are fundamental rules, but they're probably not the things you think they are.

I won't go into this in the context of COVID conspiracies or religion or politics... right now... but under this umbrella I give you this article on friendship and relationships. It's a longer read but much food for thought on the beauty of the grey...

The Atlantic: What If Friendship, Not Marriage, Was at the Center of Life?