Good Fences

There is a reason Frost said "good fences make good neighbors" but as he also said, "something there is that doesn't love a wall." It's hard to live close and confrontational without scraping up against each other, more than once. Maybe in the city more so than in the country. Maybe more so in the summer than in the winter. Maybe more so when you have little in common and aren't close. Maybe more so when you are. But whoever lives next to you or with you, may you find mercy to help you know your boundaries and when to be a wall and when to be a door.