Everybody Hurts I don’t know about you, but “everybody hurts” is one of those universal truths that I still have a hard time understanding. I know that everyone will have pain at some point in their life. We all suffer. We all experience loss. Yet when I’m hurting, struggling with some reality that seems insurmountable, it can feel like I’m standing in the abyss, with the angry sea swirling around me. Like I’m the only one on the planet who’s ever known what this feels like. It makes sense that we often feel this way. Our stories are unique – our suffering the product of our own histories, personalities, and circumstances. Yet an early mentor of mine in nursing once taught me something incredibly important: pain is pain. There is no ranking. There is no “insignificant” struggle. All of our suffering hurts. And when you are alone in the abyss, you have to deal with that sea swirling around you, no matter what other kinds of seas and rock formations might be out there in the world. So hurting is hard, but hurting also gives us the tools to empathize – not to say, “I know exactly how you feel” or “I know how to fix this,” but to say, “I’m sorry,” and “how can I help,” and “I love you.” To not be afraid to say “I’m here” when a friend is in pain. Because when you have known pain, you have all the qualifications you need to be an excellent companion – to accompany someone else on their journey into and through and back out of that abyss. Who has accompanied you in this way? At a difficult time in your life, who has been there to offer simple companionship? Express your gratitude to this person today, in a letter, e-mail, phone call – whatever feels most appropriate for you. Reach out in gratitude to let them know that their presence mattered. Sending my love and gentle hugs to each of you across the globe ❤️I love and appreciate each of you! I am so very grateful for your support, blessings, compassion, friendship, generosity, and love ❤️ You are amazing and beautiful ❤️ Keep going my lovelies..one foot in front of the other ❤️ xoxo .¸¸.✻ღϠ₡ღ✻ (¯`✻´¯) Jenn xx ❤️ Lupus and Me `*.¸.*✻ღϠ₡ღ¸.✻´´¯`✻.¸¸.♥ •.¸¸. ƸӜƷ
Posted on: Thu, 05 Jun 2014 09:26:10 +0000
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