I need to smile more. I should have said, "Thank you for your responses. "
Anyway, regarding my first paragraph from my previous response just a few moments ago, there is just this overwhelming feeling of "What are we doing? This (us) makes sense. You know it. I know it. Yeah, it might be hard. And yeah, it might take some work. But it's worth it!" It's as if we both *know* it's right/best, and each of us knows the other knows it too, but it goes unsaid.
As I have gone through this process and worked on the virtue of patience, I have come up with the following: Patience isn't the absence of action, it is the discipline of preparing and calmly waiting until the time is right to act.
Right now, I don't think the time is right. Even though - based on her feelings - it may be right some of the time, it isn't right all of the time, which simply means it isn't the right time. It needs to be the RIGHT time for the RIGHT reasons. And I'm not expecting a perfect situation or that I may not have to lead things, there is just too much still in the way right now...as *I* see it (she's welcome to tell me differently ).
I DO appreciate all your thoughts and comments. And I've updated my location from "swimming to the other shore". I'm there and have other work to do.
-PM
M:12y - BD:12/11 - D:6/13 - 4Ds
"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." -MLK Jr.
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