Glad

Posted on June 4, 2004 in Writing Groups

I am grateful for this lesson: you don’t get stronger or become more skilled when you are surrounded by people who mock you for your intelligence or uniqueness. I am grateful that not a single member of the group I walked away from has followed me or asked to join my new group. I rejoice in my friends who were there when things fell apart and who help me find the best words for what I want to say. I shall do my best to give them reason to share in my joy in enrichment. They’ve earned it.

Another lesson learned: a group that will take anyone yields fuzziness and undermines commitment to anything except its own frenetic politics.