What to Do

What do you do when a friend shuts themselves off completely from all others? What do you do when they seem to be caving in on themselves? Be patient? Stand off in the backround and just wait for things to change? Is being powerless a way of being told that I have no real power in life, but all things are in the Lord's hands? Is it okay for me to have faith in the thought that the Lord will be able to reach this person somehow? Should I push myself on her even though that might just be the final straw?

I don't understand this avalanche. I don't understand how things are worked out but swept under a rug. I don't understand why things have hit this person so hard and so deep. I don't understand the reactions nor the logic behind many of the thoughts that result from those reactions. I don't understand the isolation, but I can hope that it is the thing this person needs to repair their wounds.

I can hope that this person will find what they're looking for and find happiness again. I can hope that I when this is over I won't feel any hesitation toward this person nor feel like I'm walking on egg shells.

This all just doesn't seem right to me. It just doesn't. It seems like a scapegoat has been found and is being flogged hourly. It seems like outside forces are being allowed to pull roughly on the heartstrings of this person. It seems like this person is letting their opinion of something blind them to what's in front of them. It seems like a lot of conjecture on my part.

I don't know what's going on in their head. I don't know what progress has been made. All this opinion... hardly any fact in tote, but in the end, all that matters is what this person thinks. all that matters is they learn to find happiness again. All that matters is that the choice is made for the best of this person. All that matters is that they'll always have my friendship... I'll always be off to the side waiting, hoping they'll reopen the door they slammed shut... even if it's only enough to hear a voice.

Heal.