Compromise

(photo by Leslie Lewis)

We are not put on earth for ourselves, but are placed here for each other. If you are there always for others, then in time of need, someone will be there for you.

~ Jeff Warner

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I once read this quote an author used to describe a place: "a community where there is no shame in staying across generations." I am not 100% sure where it came from, but think it was from God of the Woods. 

Anyway, whether you choose to stay in a community or choose to leave, there are always trade-offs. You might lose some security or close connections if you leave, but could potentially find more security or closer connections elsewhere. The people you leave behind may think you have changed when you try to go back and visit, but you may realize that staying the same is not the goal in life.

Wherever you are or you go , I hope you find other people. Unless you go into your apartment, you live alone and it is filled with other people you don't know and didn't invite. In that case, you might want to move.

The point is, life is about compromise.