Comments on: There is no way to both stay and go.

By: Ronna Detrick

Ronna Detrick — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:40:46 +0000

Exile’s a given, Rebecca – clearly. My hope would be that the companionship in those deserts offer water where there has been none…

By: Rebecca Golightly

Rebecca Golightly — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:32:58 +0000

Staying is agony and leaving feels like punishment… I lose either way. The choice is an ongoing loss or one that will hopefully have an end…

By: Ronna Detrick

Ronna Detrick — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:13:14 +0000

I agree with you, Nicki. I have known much exile while staying…a different form, a different ache, and different learning. The exile of choice – when recognizing that staying is no longer an option casts a different shadow – and (eventually) offers a safety net when we slip reluctantly from the tightrope. The net is truth herself. No less scary, though.

By: Nicki

Nicki — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:27:24 +0000

Straddling the fence is not a comfortable place to be but if we are exiled and think we can stay, that is indeed what we are doing. It is like walking a tightrope and one slip up is a disaster. Much easier, in the end, to go and be exiled and live with the truth.
.-= Nicki´s last blog ..A Sunny Spring Walk =-.

By: Ronna Detrick

Ronna Detrick — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:13:52 +0000

Rebecca: My response to Tracy’s comment, at least in part, applies to you, as well: different stories bring radically different lenses to my own thoughts. I’ll be thinking much about your words throughout this day, and beyond. I’m grateful for your voice, your perspective, your presence.