Exodus

Not so long ago I would have been completely devastated by the recent events of people in my life “moving on”.

My daughter moved out with less than 24 hours notice. She took a job in another community. The move was not unexpected but the timing caught me off-guard. I thought we had more time.

A very dear friend was going to move in across the street and I thought we would live this idyllic life of friends, almost like one of those great TV shows where neighbors just pop in and open the fridge and plop on the couch and talk about anything and everything. I was looking forward to this projected experience! Then he announced last night that he has been offered a job in another community and will be moving there instead. I thought we had more time.

I had plans to go out with a new guy I met the other day. We hit it off at this art event and I was looking forward to a fun evening out tomorrow night. He just called to say he is still having to work out issues from his abusive childhood and also he is not ready to date yet. I totally understood. I offered friendship and an invite into my supportive group of friends if he ever decided he was ready to socialize. Cool guy. I thought we would have a good time.

The old me would have been feeling sorry for myself. I would have been lamenting about how unfair and sad it was for everyone to be leaving me. Poor me.

This is life. We are all on our journeys. Destinations are not permanent. Our paths do not always run side by side but sometimes they are invisibly intersected like the slimy snail trails that you see in the morning light. The iridescent weavings and wanderings evident by the glistening stories left on the concrete. We touch and we remain connected by the invisible threads that connect our hearts. When we get ourselves out of the way… we can see the beauty of the abstract wanderings – just like those glistening snail trails. We embrace, blow kisses, send love and it’s okay. This is what happens when we support each other and operate from a basis of total love. This is what happens when we can be there for each other instead of wondering who will be there for us.