"When a tragedy happens to one you love, acceptance is not the first thing that
happens in your heart. Denial is. When it dawns on you that the situation is
unfixable, the rage and the depression and the despair walk hand in hand.
Betrayal of 'the Universe' or of 'God' is the next line of defense, and then the
blaming. Self-pity hangs around for a long time. When acceptance finally comes,
it is a great freedom, and for me it was helped by watching the recovery of you,
Jerry. If your recovery had not happened and your attitude was different, it
might have been different for me."
A terrible thing has happened. It cannot be changed. So now what? There's little
point wishing you hadn't gotten into that car, or gotten that tumor, or been
fired from that job. We must face some brutal facts of the here and now. It's
normal to question, but you will never get a satisfactory answer, and you'll
only waste time. The past is the past, and facts are facts. When the time comes
for us to respond to our new reality, will we get busy living or get busy dying?
If we don't choose death, we must choose life.
Together, we are not alone. Together, we can be more. Together, surviving
happens.
No one is better equipped to change the world than those scarred by what’s wrong with it.
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