The exclamation mark

I walked away.
She turned to face me--clearly a move on her part to try to engage me, even after I told her and the others that I had nothing more to say, that I was done with the meeting.
I stood up.......and walked away.

She sat at the table and I didn't look back.

There's something about walking away with the other involved persons and leaving her sitting that left a sting.
Should I have turned around?
...That was one of the other involved person's question.
She wanted to turn around three steps into it and take back some of what the gal had been presented with, to soften it a bit........make it more palatable, to be more encouraging......

Nah.  It was exclamation point on the situation, I offered.

It hit me about three hours later.
Should I have turned around and announced one more time "I really DO care about your life--I really AM for you....."

No....walking was the best answer.
She knows that--offering it up one more time woulda been a bad call.  It would have been more about ME than it was about HER.

That 'me' bit is sometimes difficult to leave OUT of situations.
And this situation......is all about HER.

Does she know I care about her life......yes.
Am I willing to continue to do insanity with her?
Absolutely not.

No--walking away, leaving my need to assure her that I truly am FOR her, putting the decision in her hands--right thing to do.

I'll care about her life no matter the decision......
But I ain't cutting deals.
And I ain't buying bullshit.
And I'm not offering up 'me' centered statements cuz I'll feel better.

Ain't about me.....
It's all about her.

Do.  Or DO NOT.


And no one can do FOR her..........but her.......