Poet David Whyte has
written that “heartbreak is unpreventable, the natural outcome of caring for
people and things over which we have no control, of holding in our affections
those who inevitably move beyond our line of sight. Heartbreak is the
beautifully helpless side of love and affection and has its own way of
inhabiting time. Heartbreak is something we hope we can avoid; something to
guard against, a chasm to be carefully looked for and then walked around. But
heartbreak may be the very essence of being human, of being on the journey from
here to there, and of coming to care deeply for what we find along the way…” [Patti
Digh, 37Days, 4 May 2014]
I BElieve that we’re made
to love and care and even think about and of each other. Sometimes we absolutely
should Put Another First. Sometimes we must get our oxygen mask on and adjusted
first. Then help another/others.
I also BElieve that there
is no extent to which anyone can go that is “too much” or “too far” when it
comes to loving and caring and thinking about another/others.
It is hard to lose someone
we have loved. Who has loved us. Who we will miss every day.
This is NOT ancient wisdom.
In fact it’s BEcome common
sense to me.
I love you, Currie
1 comment:
That's so true. the only way you cannot be hurt is to not feel. And what is life without feeling? :)
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