I felt a bit like that last week. I have tried to refocus my on-line efforts, visiting different types of blogs and participating in Catholic and Homeschool events to become part of the greater community. But my ventures into liberal blogs were not totally forgotten, and I became the target for criticism on my 9/11 posts. My instinct was to go into debate/discussion/logic mode, although nothing in my memory would support that as a useful endeavor. Participating in those kinds of discussions would only serve to take me away from my new focus and goals.
I think my friend must have experienced that as well. Being the "bad girl" at home kept her from living as the responsible adult she was becoming. It wasn't until she was able to show her parents, friends, siblings and community that she had changed that the were able to accept and expect that about her.
I wonder if your earthly journey in this life isn't quite the same. We travel along trying to become better people, trying to live lives of holiness, only to be confronted with a favorite past temptation that takes us off of our focus and away from new goals. For me, recognizing that was cause for celebration. I was able to identify a situation that could have sapped all my energy and time and only send me away from my focus and true goals. Maybe that's why this earthly process is a journey, with lots of landscape and road marks along the way. Not all of them are good of course, but hopefully as we get further down the path we can realize them for what they are and instead of hindering us, they further serve to lead us towards what's true and what is good.
There was a hapy ending for my friend. She became a respected business woman, a wife and a mother. The memory of her "bad girl" days she can smile at as a memory. She now "laughs at the days to come."
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