Sometimes we talk about issues that are personal in nature. Perhaps a child is dealing with learning difficulties, an adult is dealing with a spouse that has lost hope, or maybe the issue is deeply personal and its being revealed for the first time. I don't ask for details but the situation is quiet and private and the interpersonal veil is parted for a few minutes. A real connection is made, a real issue bubbles to the surface.
Its a privileged moment. I don't forget those conversations. But when I remember them with a quiet question at a later time more often than not I get an embarrassed look and a quick "Everything is fine now" review.
Everything is not fine. The pain is still bubbling under the surface, the issue is not resolved, and the solutions are still murky. I really hate to hear that a divorce has been filed, a child is pregnant, or someone attempted suicide. And if I knew about it personally and was not allowed reentry to the situation it makes me wonder about the state of people today.
Are we so closed off from others today that communal living, sharing life with people around you daily, is too much of a threat? Are we at the point where we do not create confidants, only party-pals and work acquaintances?
Perhaps so. In that regard, I'll be faithful to remain open to those moments to point to the Solution and Way. Harmony can only exist in a soul when it is in tune with the Creator.
Perhaps that is why I get put off... the answer to divorce, out of wedlock pregnancy and utter hopelessness is out of tune with our fallen world. I'm being asked to endorse a course of action that is on the wrong side of harmony.
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