this morning #2049.

this morning, she’d envisioned something radical happening but in fact, all that occurred was a further blurring of the divide between dreams & reality. if this is what forgiveness gets you, maybe she should’ve just kept her mouth shut. suffered the status quo & hoped that someday he’d wise up on his own. change his wayward ways. at monday’s group meeting, the topic had turned to what we hold on to & what we let go of. one lady shared how, into her fifties, she carried the weight of a chaotic childhood. once she faced what she could & shed the rest, the load lifted. inspired by this woman’s story, she offered him absolution in exchange for better behavior. he accepted her offer but did so in a frustratingly vague way.