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Let's look at how this type of mentality can be hurtful to a person, two sisters, in fact. This story is about one sister who was imported from abroad, and too pretty to ignore, and another sister who was solemnly professed, had been a nun for over fifty years, and was a member of the CTKMDelray community for the last thirty years or so.

Because it was announced that our Monastery would be closing, we were each told to find a new monastery to call home, according to our likes and desires. The 'one in charge' told us that we could choose our own fate, without prejudice or interference from either her or the community She told us that after our Monastery was sold we would buy a new temporary home that would allow us the peace and tranquility necessary for discernment, maybe for a year or two.

Too-pretty sister had had enough of us and decided early on that she wanted to leave, and as soon as our move out of 3900 was done, she was gone. Could it have been because of a love-hate personal relationship with the 'one in charge' that made her need to escape 3900? And leave behind a ton of personal 'gifts' from the 'one in charge'? Could the relationship have evolved out of an attempt by the 'one in charge' to buy her support, later friendship, with so many 'gifts'?

The other one of us, Computer Nun, had long-term medical issues and needed to remain in Florida near her specialty medical providers. But her story needs a book of its own. The rest of us were still uncertain.