Debt is a funny word. To some it literally is just a sum of money owing, but to most people it’s referred to as heavier debts – debts that are greater than their capacity to clear straight away.
Others think of it as something owing to another, going beyond the concept of just a financial transaction. So, claiming that someone is “in your debt”, a feeling of great gratitude or atonement that overflows to giving of service. The debtor could also be demanding an apology.
You could even reframe the word debt – as an obligation, an owing back, being duty-bound.
Debt can have a feeling of gratitude, guilt or resentment underlying. It may even have all of the above. Regardless, the debt no longer becomes a straight forward transaction between two parties, but becomes injected with emotions and from that overflows different and often dysfunctional behaviours.
Others think of it as something owing to another, going beyond the concept of just a financial transaction. So, claiming that someone is “in your debt”, a feeling of great gratitude or atonement that overflows to giving of service. The debtor could also be demanding an apology.
You could even reframe the word debt – as an obligation, an owing back, being duty-bound.
Debt can have a feeling of gratitude, guilt or resentment underlying. It may even have all of the above. Regardless, the debt no longer becomes a straight forward transaction between two parties, but becomes injected with emotions and from that overflows different and often dysfunctional behaviours.
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