|
Right now I know two people who are very likely to die of a combination of deadly disease and choices they are making. One I've mentioned before, her breast cancer has returned, and she has decided to drop all western medicine and treat it through "toxin removal" and veganism. Another is my guitarist's son, who is on smack, and already at age 19 has had several near-death episodes.
We're not counselors, we're not professionals, we don't know what makes it worse or makes it better, or if there's anything in the entire world that can make it better. We offer what we can and it is often simply shunned or made impossible. I suspect that the deep, harsh judgements that we are trained from children to pass do not help; but that's my narrative, and what do I know? Nothing. We all have our narrative, and it's how we may feel broken, but even the broken amongst us have to admit, we don't share a narrative on life with most other broken people. Everyone's pain is theirs.
|