15. The Porcupine Dance

On today’s episode, we begin by balancing out what we talked about last week by answering the question, what is NOT awesome about your life?

We move on to talk more in-depth about relationships. What do we long for in relationships? How much should we share (or not share) within the confines of a relationship? We also talk about whether our friendship circles are growing or shrinking as we grow older.

Then, we talk about the porcupine dance. The metaphor of people being regarded as porcupines was created by author John Ortberg. In his book, Everybody’s Normal Till You Get to Know Them, Ortberg talks about how people are like porcupines filled with many quills. Those quills could be representative of our personalities, ego, annoyances, triggers, etc. When a porcupine wants to get close to someone, such as a potential mate, they must dance toward them to avoid being pricked by their many quills.

This is much like the relationships we have, not only with romantic partners, but relationships with our friends, co-workers, and family.

Thanks for joining us at the virtual table today.