Kalibebti loves it all : )
routine conversation with a friend you’re still learning about and had him disclose he’s been through an unspeakable tragedy?
What can you say? Is there anything to say beyond, “I’m sorry to hear that happened” ?
:(
o_O
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That’s interesting how you describe it feeling wrong that the world continues just ticking along as normal when your world has crumbled around you. Very susinct and astute of you.
yes, I just realised ‘susinct’ isn’t found in the dictionary, (I just checked I spelt it correct.) but i thought it was a word. can’t think of another one to replace it with. sorry. It’s down-town emu talk for meaning ‘to the point’.
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It is a word:) the rest of the world is catching on to this Emu talk, we just spell it different:p
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Learn from the might one ;)
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gottawonder Loves her tortoise!
we could all have a chance to aknowlegde our sorrow or suffering somewhere fairly public.
Like church, only completely secular. Like the bus stop, or the subway station, or the coffee shop.
For a few minutes every day, we could just let down our guard, and cry, and hold hands with someone who will cry with us.
A couple of minutes every day, everyone just stops what they are doing, and honors the loss of loved ones, or their own sorrow. A chance to see that we all suffer together.
There have been a lot of times in my life where I have felt like the world should just stop for a while to let me work through my losses properly.
Or, if we could all get in touch with our feelings better, we could just be open about our feelings, and not feel obligated to pretend that we are fine.
I think its up to the individual to judge their level of pain. I don’t think a person should have to go to work for a while when their pet dies, or they are going through a divorce, or what have you.
I know that some people would manipulate this, but they do already, so what.
Kalibebti loves it all : )
I hope someday the world (especially the West?) catches up to this level of respect for emotional life.
Coincidentally, a while back I attended a wedding that incorporated Jewish traditions, and they announced that it’s traditional to acknowledge the suffering of the community at some point during a Jewish wedding. Now that’s a strong bond with the community.
I think the scenario you describe would be really hard for most people to handle. I’m pretty sure on most days, if the time of this public sharing were pre-arranged, I’d probably try to hide in a bathroom if I were out in public, and if it were more of a surprise, like a flash-mob thing, it might be pretty traumatic. However, I think it would be great if this weren’t the case. Your vision is lovely and Utopian. (and would probably lead to less pain to share all round, in such a world)
gottawonder Loves her tortoise!
it doesn’t mean that people would be openly weeping, though that might happen sometimes. Maybe we could sing, or just have a public moment of silence.
I prefer the idea of everyone holding hands and aknowledging each other’s pain.
It might be hard to adjust to, and it would be easier if we were born to it.
What’s odd, is that it’s often just as hard for people to openly express and share joy.
Kalibebti loves it all : )
Such an ability might go far toward eradicating all the problems and strife in the world: the fact that one would have to be prepared to hold hands and empathize with any random person (as opposed to the holding-hands-and-sharing only with those in one’s chosen inner sanctum, as happens now in church, or in clubs (all kinds)/cliques).
I’ve always wondered at all those exuberant people able to whoop and holler and dance in public. Such things were natural to me in the safety of the near-privacy of my childhood, but at a nightclub, party or sports event? How on earth do they do it?? Is this normal? ; )
And another totally unrelated random thought: anyone else having trouble posting photos??! :P
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