What saddens me more than the current tragedy facing Japan and its people is that, as much as I try to be empathetic and compassionate toward the great suffering by the Japanese people and all those unfortunately involved, I realize that I will never be able to experience the true depth and force of their pain and sorrows.
Perhaps it’s a coping defensive mechanism, that my mind doesn’t want me to venture that far in and deep.
On the other hand, some pain are so close that I still keep them far far away. I can watch the craziest, scariest, most terrifying or gory movie ever made but I still can’t bring myself remotely close to watching any videos or listening to any stories related to 9/11.
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Those who have lived, as those who are living, are bestowed by fate and happenstance with the greatest blessing of all – the gift of life. It is infinitely better to have lived, loved, suffered and lost than to not have lived at all.
RIP
