A Lesson in Blowing Away

                                       

Here’s what I’m working on:  Learning to accept people where they are and not where I want them to be, and then learning to accept who they are and not who I want them to be.  Can you grasp that thought? 

I generally pride myself at being a good listener, and bending with the winds of communication.  But every now and then, I lose.  It’s a bit heartbreaking actually.  It’s like not being able to hold onto someone’s hand during a hurricane and they get blown away.  Or maybe I’m the one who’s blown away… lost in a windstorm of translation.

“I thought you said…”

“No, I didn’t say that.”

“Why don’t you talk to me?”

“You don’t understand.”

“Give me a chance.”

“There is no time left.”

“We’ve been blown away. . .”


 (Blown Away - M. Gibson oil on canvas, 2011)