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Most of our conversations are imperfect. They're all going to have their fair share of nervousness, awkwardness, and disagreement. But guess what—it's not the end of the world.

Why do we have this unrealistic expectation that everything must go perfectly in an imperfect world with imperfect human beings? We can muster up the courage and the confidence to express our genuine feelings face to face. We can speak honestly about where we're trying to go and what we're trying to be. We can be emotionally mature and self-aware enough to tell each other in good faith about how we feel, or if something isn't working out, and not take personal offense to it or sulk.

But instead we hide behind facades of nonchalance, we try all we can to latch onto our pride, and we forget that all we're trying to do at the end of the day is help each other along in this journey through this chaotic existence.