Pain is pain. Suffering is suffering. Heartache is heartache. There's no sugar coating, there's no "but" -they are all assholes, plain and simple. They come in all shapes, sizes, forms, degrees at different times in our lives. I've been feeling a lot of pain from others lately and that tends to throw me into 'I want to help every person suffering right now' mode. Truly, I do. Life can deal us some serious SHIT. I've been there. We have all been there. Life is unbearably painful and confusing and so beautiful and precious, all at the same time. There are so many whys and hows that have no answers, that deserve all the answers and explanations, and why the heck can't we have the freaking answers.
I have always struggled with the phrase, "I'm sorry" - in the context of hearing bad news, conveying sympathy. Perhaps this phrase pushed its limit, lost its potency, with me in some of my own dark times. It quickly became the standard response or facial expression in conversation during my late teen years/early twenties when life decided to throw a million shit storms my family's way all at the same time. I by no means dismiss the authentic empathy that is behind those words, it's just a personal thing coming from a mindfully over-sensitive over-analyzer.
I''ll keep this simple.......I HEAR YOU. And, I AM HERE FOR YOU. That's what I want to say. That's what I want you to know. That's what I want you to hear. That's what I want you to feel. Whoever you are, wherever you are, whatever you are going through, I HEAR YOU, and I AM HERE FOR YOU.
