Letting Go of Outcomes

I am practicing letting go of outcomes.

The quickly changing storefronts in this town parallel the quick abandonment of projects without investment in the outcomes. Permanence is not a word I would use to describe life here. 

I don't walk down one street for a week and the next time I do... there are two new stores or restaurants.  Then, the next month those stores and restaurants are gone, only to have new ones take their place. 

So it is with classes or groups.  And I guess that being aware of this cultural climate, I can't blame myself.  Still, it is hard for me to let go.

Why, when we have worked for several months and are almost ready to present our plays, do my kids in Cocal stop coming?  The week before, they committed to seeing the project through to the end... with lots of enthusiasm.  I can't really blame them, either, though.  It is the whole system that fosters these kinds of actions.

The theatre itself changed the date of the performance and wouldn't commit to a new one due to needing to rent out the space for paying functions.  Nobody told me that the school year was ending and that if the students didn't need to take their last exams, they would stop coming.  I asked when the year ended, but this part about not coming anymore was not included in the discussion. 

So this is how the project ends.  Just as quickly and randomly as it began.  No final performance.  No despedidas.

Process over product, right?  I'm telling myself that the process was worth it.