Thoughts on All Hallows

Hope everyone’s Halloween was fun
We all wore costumes accompanying Zev as a surprisingly effective joker. He does the voice chillingly well.
In the past couple of days have talked to a couple of my people who were hurting
Not so much on a physical level tho one was
but emotionally in pain
something that there is no palliative for except possibly time
All I could do in both cases was try to help each one feel less alone
in both cases, I sensed (felt) the pain was necessary for their growth
Is all pain that way?
I don’t know
I know when I’ve felt that hurt myself, it felt like a kick in the self-worth
doubted my ability to find happiness
true happiness, lasting happiness
Now I try really hard to see it as being a storm passing through
and that it is a temporary thing that I don’t have to identify with
I’m hoping that when a hard one comes along, that I will feel the same way
Still I find that handling my own pain can be easier than handling a friends
I can be present with love
I can listen as clearly and non-judgementally as I can
I know the value of unburdening.
Still ….

Postscript: I was privileged to be part of something tonight, that really showed me the magic of being part of an online community and tribes within it. A friend, tonight, produced a couple of vids that he put up in which he showed that he was feeling a lot of emotional pain. Several people commented back and forth with him on these videos, showing up, being present with love, gentle humour, no prying questions about the direct cause of what was causing him pain and it ended up with, if not things being fixed, with his tone being noticeably lighter. This is the world I want to live in.

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