Hello all, empathy and compassion meters for this MLC stuff are both running low today... several reasons. Yesterday at work a co-worker/friend found out her H's best friend suddenly died, he was her friend as well, and had been the best man in their wedding back in June (the hippie wedding I attended). The man was only 29 years old and has a 2 year old child.... so sad... my heart goes out to them.
The second thing, as part of my job I was one of the two people who got selected to attend the benefit banquet for the one local homeless shelter. The pastor who runs the shelter gave a nice speech about hope, and God being with us through life's storms and sometimes those storms seem like hurricanes. Then three former residents shared their stories, the last one, a younger girl, I would say probably in her twenties, brought tears to my eyes. She was talking about how she was a nursing student but couldn't finish school because her grades had gone down hill, at the same time she was in an abusive relationship, she also has a young daughter. Her abuser was sent to prison and she lost everything, no place to live, and before that living without electric and heat, she spoke of how her daughter lost her pets and they ended up at the shelter. She went on to say how the shelter helped her get back on her feet, living on her own, working and other life lessons. Her story was very moving.
Needless to say with these two things yesterday it really makes me want to go up to H and shake him and say wake up! Look how good your life is!! You have a roof over your head, food on the table, a job- yes you HATE it, but it's better than no job at all, a devoted wife who loves you, heck running water, for the most part healthy, life is NOT that bad, find the joy and contentment in what you already have because we never know how long we will have the people in our lives!
Of course I would never actually say any of that stuff to him because I know it wouldn't matter or make a difference, and if it did make a difference I'm sure he'd make it negative somehow. It's just really sad.
Despite my annoyance with H today, I'm still finding the joy, and am counting my blessings, because I truly am blessed even in this storm, I will not let the negative bring me down, life is good despite it all. I hope everyone has a great weekend, spend it doing what you love, spend it with the people you love since none of us know how long we may be able to do that. Love to all my internet friends.
