Each FReeQ is quietly toting a heavy load...with courage and faith.
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Astute observation, Melian. Grief isn’t a competition, and a loss can be felt profoundly, depending on the attachment a person has to what’s been lost and the reasons for the attachment. I’ve lost people I barely shed a tear for, and an earring that bugged me for months (I reference the reason for what seems to be a frivolous attachment). The pain of the loss of a job, dream, health, relationship, person, pet, object or home are worse for some than others, and all have varying degrees of pain for the one experiencing the loss. And I always try to remember that all losses can be worse, per the ancient proverb, “I was unhappy about having no shoes, until I met the man who had no feet.”
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Astute observation, Melian. Grief isn’t a competition, and a loss can be felt profoundly, depending on the attachment a person has to what’s been lost and the reasons for the attachment. I’ve lost people I barely shed a tear for, and an earring that bugged me for months (I reference the reason for what seems to be a frivolous attachment). The pain of the loss of a job, dream, health, relationship, person, pet, object or home are worse for some than others, and all have varying degrees of pain for the one experiencing the loss. And I always try to remember that all losses can be worse, per the ancient proverb, “I was unhappy about having no shoes, until I met the man who had no feet.”"
Well said ladies. If I might add.....
Grief can also be cumulative. While losing an earring may not be a big deal, if it is on top of a number of other losses it may be the straw that breaks the camel's back. All we can do is assume we don't know the whole story, and be kind.
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Our hearts are with you.
This thread is sanity lounge for me because, when we lose, the people here understand the truth of the loss... the senselessness , the tragedy of misguided innocence, the evil, the randomness, and the pain of knowing but not being believed. It binds us all together.
We’ve all experienced loss here. We’ve lost standing on FR because we think openly. The vaxx has cost us the disdain of family, or our health, or a family member. Knowing has cost us friends, jobs, lifestyle changes. Speaking the truth of our research has cost us our reputations. We see that our country is almost lost. Our shared history and culture seems lost to us.
Every one of us has a story of what this battle has cost us. Most of us are bearing it silently and bravely. We, here, know this — and we keep stumbling on together because something within us will not let us stop, no matter the pain. We want to know. We want to fight for our family, our community, our country, our common good. Everyone here shares that bond.
If you can’t come here with your loss, where can you go? We are your brothers in arms.
And we are going to win.