It's always compelling to witness a human being struggling to escape the demons of her past and emerge whole into this confusing world of ours, somewhere around what we call "middle age." Seeking a new freedom and identity, testing boundaries.
Those who show up in her life at these times include both exploiters and those who can truly love her. It's up to her to figure out the difference. Whom can you trust? Great love is possible at this moment. Great disaster is similarly possible.
Why do people love birds? I was listening to guests on Michael Krasny's show "Forum" (KQED-FM) yesterday who suggesed that it is because birds can fly and we can't, plus, birds are not confined by the boundaries that restrict us. They can go anywhere, wherever they choose.
We, by contrast, will always hit against boundaries of many kinds.
But knowing that that doesn't stop the irrepressible human spirit from trying; nor does it prevent those of us with beautiful freebirds in our lives to love them even as they make their attempt to escape.
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