A Message Remembered
This was one of those memorable weekends that was really about memory and reconnecting. Separated Friends by Time and Distance.
It occurred to me that in this day the distance part while physical was only a mater of personal choice. The emotional portion was also a mater of choice. The time element here a mater of personal choice.
35 Years ago it didn't seem like it was a mater of personal choice.
35 Years later it clearly was a mater of personal choice. Hindsight adds clarity. Now some folks made a personal choice not to attend the events that came about this week end. Some will chose to continue to wonder away. Some will chose to die, so will chose to continue to ignore emotional scares that continue to lie just below the surface of their psyche. Some lose hundreds of pounds and travel hundreds of miles only to make a personal choice not to open that door and step in. Some will chose to make up stories about where they are and what they have accomplished in order to feel like they have a writ to be there.
The writ is within the person seeking to come in, the personal choice is not to open the door. The personal choice is within.