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Show Inside Out, 149 "What could they say to you that would make things worse? What horrible truth are you afraid of hearing?" "I don't know what's holding them together! If we talk about it, what will happen?" "Ah. It's easier to stay where you are than to risk change." "Yes!" "Well, that's probably true." It was silent for a time. "I guess," said Terra, "that things won't change if I don't talk to them." "That's possible," said Dr. Scofield. "But you're asking whether I'd like things to change." "That seems to be a decision you'll have to make. Do you want to keep feeling like this? Do you want your home to be this tense all the time? Can you make peace with that and live your life in serenity while you wait for them to work things out? That may be possible, but I don't think so. Not while you have some hard feelings bottled inside of you." Terra sighed. "Look," said Dr. Scofield. "I know it's hard to confront people, hard to talk about these things. What if we begin by writing letters to them, just in your notebook. You don't have to give them the letters if you don't want to. Just experiment with writing what you'd like to say if you had the courage to say it. I think it would be instructive for you to go through that process of putting into words what it is you'd like to say, what your questions are. Would you be willing to do just that much?" |