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Why I Never Burn Bridges Part Two of Three By Dave Andrusko A few months ago I wrote about an experience I'd had in a class that I teach. (To be honest the response I received from you was far more interesting than the original post.) I explained how one of the sharpest members had learned about what I do. In today's instant access media world, she could have found out a hundred different ways. (In fact if you go to Google and type in "Dave Andrusko," you get 13,100 responses!) I did not know this until she angrily emailed me to announce she could not possibly be in the same room as someone who held my views on reproductive issues. I emailed back in a gentle and non-confrontive manner, asked her to reconsider, but I neither saw nor heard back from her again. Until this morning when, at 7:30 am, she called out my name in the parking lot of the local community rec center where I work out. I turned around and there she was, with that familiar winsome smile on her face. It would not be right to share what she said. What would be right to share is that she said she had been considering coming back to class for months. I look forward to seeing her soon. I still do not know the specifics of what triggered her very, very intense anger. Or what convinced her that her response was out of line. What I do know is that what happened this morning reaffirmed one of the guiding principles of my life, in and out of the Movement: never burn bridges. Please send your comments to daveandrusko@gmail.com. |