The Search

 Bernadette Roberts

The truth is, you could probably go a hundred places and not find what you're looking for.  Without money there is no leisure for a sitting life; wherever you go you will have to integrate work and sitting, and perhaps in a totally secular life-style.  I do not see your predicament as unfortunate or regrettable however; I see it as God's way for you. Were this not so, things would not be as they are. You have done what you humanly can to find a place – if you cannot find it, then you know it was not meant to be; now you can turn in another direction.  If you find a place where you would like to live and can get a job, that's it.  

Letter 1980 ©Bernadette Roberts 

(continued tomorrow)