Majicman Notes

The funny thing about human relationships is that expressing love and care can be as difficult and painful as expressing hurt and frustration, based on how people are raised. Our families are where we first learn to relate to others, learn to forge our self-perceptions, and establish our most deeply rooted working narratives about the world and our place in it. And nothing throws you back to the behaviours associated with those learnings than encountering your family members.

The Parisian Agency is, in subtle and undramatic ways, a reminder that some of the basic elements of what makes a healthy family are demonstrated in the daily ways people choose to behave. They play out in how we speak to one another, make room and time for one another, anticipate each other’s needs, and prioritise our own needs when necessary. As we choose each day to give and receive grace, choose to work together, choose to challenge one another towards growth, no matter how incremental, we ultimately choose to recognise that a supportive, safe, loving and committed family, whether born into or chosen, is actually the most priceless luxury one could possess.

Enuma Okoro, FT

https://www.ft.com/content/d0b74890-883a-46e0-b775-a35cab00726c