This quote has been running through my mind over the past few days—especially as I reflected on that last night with Stella:
“…I talked about how love was an action, an instinct, a response roused by unplanned moments and small gestures, an inconvenience in someone else’s favor.”
Michelle Zauner, Crying in H Mart (Page 143)
I’ve thought about love a lot and have tried to define it before.
But, when it comes to love that is pointed towards another or love that is shared… I think those six words sum it up beautifully: “…An inconvenience in someone else’s favor.”
Remember this the next time your loved ones ask you for a favor that’s inconvenient with your schedule… or when you’re feeling “too busy” to plan your next outing or date… or when they’re going through a hard time and you’re traveling or away…
…It’s precisely the inconvenience that makes a task or act special.
…An action, instinctual response, or small gesture that would’ve been easier for you not to do because of the other things you’ve gotta do (for you), but did anyway because of what it meant to the other person (which shows what the other person means to you).
P.s. In case you missed it, you can read the best of what I posted to MoveMe Quotes last week here.