I'm still thinking about forgiveness from yesterday and an important part of forgiveness is reconciliation. And that will look different depending on the people involved and the depth of hurt caused. What got me thinking about reconciliation and forgiveness was this extremely moving piece from the New York Times. I'm grateful for reconciliation and I've experienced many different kinds of it in my years thus far. Sometimes the reconciliation has been resolving the conflict and then parting ways amicably. Sometimes it has been reestablishing relationship with different boundaries. Other times it has been continuing in relationship but closer than before. In fact, in the past year I have experienced all three types of the reconciliation I have just listed. And I sit here today with no regrets about any of them, I am grateful for the resolution and the chance to move forward, alone or together. What about you? How have you viewed reconciliation before? In what ways do you need to pursue reconciliation in any of your relationships today?
I've been thinking about it for over a month. Usually, when I'm in it I'm engaged. But this time? I started it indifferent and I've felt indifferent all along. I should have never started. Hindsight is 20/20 they say and they aren't wrong. So when I opened my eyes this morning it was clear. It's time. Time to quit this 365. This is the first 365 that I haven't posted several of the days, the first 365 that I wasn't super excited about, the first 365 that I've quit. I've changed my social media presence and interactions the past year so this is also the first 365 that hardly anyone has been interested in. Is it the topic or my decision to not be as accessible on social media? Or is it some other reason altogether? Well, regardless...I'm throwing in the towel on this one. I can't say if I'll ever do another 365 again. Time will tell and I will know if and when it's time.
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