Seldom Set Foot in a Friend's House

📝Reflection

That closeness needs distance, I learned only after losing a few bonds. However good the tie, too much clinging dulls two people to each other and soon becomes a burden. This verse notes that subtle sense of distance coolly. The friendship of the noble is plain as water. To leave while there is still a little longing, to leave the other room to miss you — that space is what makes a bond last.