The Challenge
Challenges...
"one who does not
judge but listens".... Have I found that person.?
that speaks volumes in the book of my life these past
few years ...you can't possibly imagine.
The people who have abandoned me due to my change in
circumstance no one could have forewarned me
of...and
if they had, I might not have believed them ....
the sense of
betrayal has gone, that is their
journey
-if they have a need to hold onto some old shoe they
feel comfortable in even if it rubs them the wrong
way- so be it... i too don't forget, and the callous
may remain as a tutor; but I have an immense
capacity
for forgiveness - - it's the aquarian need for harmony
I suppose.
Yes, I know..life ...healing hurt and
confusion-- finding new direction, new purpose ...
this change may be good for me..
London beckons,
The need to move on...definitely not getting any younger,
but the fact that I cannot see any forboding signs down the road gives
me hope .....as the saying goes, where there's
breath there's hope -- i will follow this path,my new vision of me, not to see
where it leads me, but for the pure pleasure of the
journey....
They can laugh at my blunders, the same ones they
have
had a lifetime to dust off from, and give their
piteous looks
as they utter I should know
better...but
how else does one learn after knowing only one way
for so so very long.
That's how it's been these past few years, acceptance of
the things i cannot change and building the courage to
change the things i can
....and as the serenity prayer goes -- having the
wisdom to know the difference...
... yes, i do know where I must
go..
...but the evil i know doesnt scare me anymore, and looking back
through the prism of yesterday can even make
me smile... fuel
of faith for my own journey and the
ability to laugh and learn from the many mistakes of
the experienced 'traveller' that I am.
Now I hope i have not just rambled on..and on..
Have you been there ?
Copyright © Paul Nairne | Year Posted 2018
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