Willing vs. Able vs. Perception

When our son was born in 2017, we’ve been presented with a very unique situation. Going in, we had a small village and we thought we would be able to find a way to manage. Three month in, we were proven wrong. There were individuals who were in a position to help, but chose not to. There were others who wanted to help, but couldn’t because of time contraints or distance. What makes it more interesting is how our situation is perceived by others. From the outside, it honestly looks like we’ve got it covered due to the amount of individuals that are around us that ‘appeared interested’. Peel back the layers and you’ll discover how unaccurate that image is. And yes, there are a few that are in our ‘circle’ that thrive off of image. While we may not interact very much with the few individuals that thrive off ‘the image’, it’s not exactly easy to convince others how the image based individuals (or how our specific situation) is not exactly how others perceive it. We’ve discovered that personal experience can colour one’s perception of another’s situation, making it all that much harder to get others to see where we’re coming from in explaining our specific situation.