Relentless: Hard, fierce, uncompromising, unyielding, constant, incessant.
Pursuit: the act of striving; an effort to secure or attain; quest.
Once upon a time, two people chose to leave out on a journey across America to find themselves. Some places along the way saw these two struggling to understand not only themselves, but the state of everything around them. Some places they journeyed helped them to clarify.
All along this trek, each of the two lived their lives authentically and in doing so set the stage for an unusual experiment. They would return to a place they had once been... and one of them would offer to risk his own life by being the first to walk through a fire built by indifference, perchance to come out on the other side stronger and wiser. In doing this, he hoped he would be able to instruct, through example, a path for his partner to utilize in order for her to survive when it was her turn. This trial would be long and painful and wrought with bitter entrapment's. He knew going in what the outcome could be; she had promised to stand by his decision and could only dream of a better outcome. War and all it's atrocities ensued; alliances were made and broken; warning shots turned into precision shots; the valley was filled with dragon fire and the sound of clashing swords; dust clouds, formed from memories, came and went and in the haze shadowy figures stood firmly their weapons in hand. In the end, all on the battlefield would fall.
Now, there remains only one.
She who continues on the Relentless Pursuit, which has little, if nothing, to do with geography. She can still see the intensity of his eyes, his determination; she still feels the passion and satisfaction, the reward, if you will, of continuing to do what is right; still speaking the truth and willing to suffer the consequences; still living life the way it is meant to be lived and not making apologies; and willing to accept the battle wounds she and others may suffer. This is not an easy path to take, but it is necessary. For when someone of principle exemplifies what it means that "it is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees", you listen. In death there is freedom and in righteous action there is liberation. She will take liberation now, so that she may experience freedom while she is still alive.
Being on the road is about going 'to' something, not running away from it. One can also stay right where they are until they feel the need to change the view. It makes not one bit of difference where you are physically. What matters is where you get to in your heart; where you get to in your peace of mind.
Once upon a time, two people chose to set out on a journey. Only one remains.
Yet, the journey is never over. A new direction begins.
Wendy Dennison
