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Jan. 14, 2009
Living on the Fringe
That is a strange title, is it not? That is where I feel my life is right now. Anyone who "relocates" knows what I am talking about. This is our fourth move, hopefully our last. But then, that is all up to God. We go where He wants us. But, back to the fringe. If you have never moved before, you may be wondering what I mean by living on the fringe.
Living on the fringe is sort of like living between two worlds. You no longer live in the place you left, but your thoughts and way of being are still there. You do not have a "life", so to speak, in the new place, so you have to make things up as you go along. You need to make a new life.
Make a new life. How does that happen? You cannot just jump into a new life. You have to "fringe-live" for a while. That requires some "floating". Think about a butterfly and how it works a new garden. She flitters and flutters from flower to flower looking for the best nectar. She begins the visit not lingering too long in one place. That will not last, though. Eventually, that same butterfly will come back to the same flower which proved to give her that which she was searching.
As it is with the fringe, you float until you find that thing, that relationship, that belonging in which you are searching. It can take a little while, sometimes.
And what about the old life? How do you hold on to that old life and what do you do with the parts you hold onto? Good question. How do you hold on to the old life? The old life is made up of the relationships you take with you. The things and events really do not matter so much. The relationships are the things that shape who you are.
So, what do you do with the parts you hold onto? Each relationship looks a little different. No matter what you do, each part will not be exactly the same. The time and distance changes the way it looks. But that does not mean it ends. It is just different.
So, here I sit, on the fringe of things. Closing up things from the past and waiting for the future to begin. Waiting with expectancy of what is to come. Waiting. Waiting. Waiting. Waiting. Alright, already! |
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Posted by Anonymous 
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