Sometimes Leaving is Not The Only Way to Go

Sometimes in our lives the old fight or flight reflex rises up and we feel the need to leave, to run away, to cut and run. Sometimes this happens in marriages. One spouse sees supposed "freedom" as better than staying and working to make things better at home. At certain times such a strategy may be warrantied, but most of the time such an action is hasty. Usually, with God's help and hard work from both partners, things can be worked out.

There is a song that captures the essence of that thought in music. I have been reviewing some old songs by the recording artist Roger Miller, and he had quite a few meaningful ones with potent lyrics. In his big Broadway musical, "Big River", based on the tales of Huck Finn, Miller wrote "Leavin's Not the Only Way to Go":

Do the mornin’s still come early
Are the nights not long enough
Does a tear of hesitation
Fall on everything you touch
Well, it might just be a lesson
For the hasty heart to know
Maybe leavin’s not the only way to go

Maybe lay and let your feelings grow accustomed to the dark
And by morning’s light, you might solve the problems of the heart
And it all might be a lesson for the hasty heart to know
Maybe leavin’s not the only way to go

People reach new understandings all the time
They take a second look, maybe change their minds
People reach new understandings everyday
Tell me not to reach and I’ll go away

Do the mornin’s still come early
Are the nights not long enough
Does a tear of hesitation
Fall on everything you touch
Well, it might just be a lesson
For the hasty heart to know
Maybe leavin’s not the only way to go

Hear Miller sing the song on YOU TUBE at ROGER MILLER SINGS "LEAVIN'S NOT THE ONLY WAY TO GO". It is worth a listen, because it is so very true -- sometimes leaving is not the only way to go