Originally Posted By: ericmsant2

I must though, grieve this loss. I must feel it. I must feel it in every sense – in every muscle – in every way. The pain is no longer unbearable for me – it is just that - pain. A piece of hurt that I will carry with me for a long time. I also know that my body and soul will let this go in my time. Is this hurt a bad thing? No – it is a piece of hurt that propels me forward. It is hurt that pushes me to be the man that I want to be…pushes me to do better.


Well said my Friend.

The pain is a reminder isn’t it? It is bearable, survivable, endurable. If we don’t FEEL it, really experience the pain, can we really heal?

Originally Posted By: ericmsant2

Don’t rush…don’t jump on the bandwagon and claim I stand for me..I am fine…You will know when you are healed. Feel the pain and make sure that you do not repeat your mistakes.


Eric,
Your story moved me unlike anything I have ever read on these boards. Thanks for being real. Yes a real fully grown man has feelings and is not afraid to experience them. Those feelings make us who we are, they mold us and shape us and as you said propel us on to greater things.

I for one will take you for the MAN you are and have shown yourself to be, I respect the courage you have to share your life with us.

May God Bless You


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Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free.

~Jim Morrison