Haribol Posted 22 hours ago (edited) ... ask him for help. So, ive recently befriended this 40 yo. fellow. He lost his long term wife and love of his life to cancer a few years ago, and is currently unemployed. No children. Naturally, there are still pictures and other reminders of his late wife in his home. First time I visited, I didnt ask any questions, as I felt it would be wrong. But yeah, it does sort of become the elephant in the room, in a way. Next time however, he opened up. It was very refreshing, and the honesty of it as well was... IS pretty much always healing for all parties, I feel. There are few if any human qualities I value higher. Today he told me that the reason for him to open up, was that he knew that the darkness he once felt, and that others may feel now, is temporary, and he wanted to provide support for people who are currently lost in darkness. It was healing for him. He then told me about this radio program he was listening to. In the program, it talked about how many of the traitss that once made men so valueable; strength, sense of honour, sacrifise, bravery etc. are no longer needed in the same way. There are no more mamouts to hunt. There are no bears that threaten the tribe and needs to be taken care of any longer. As a result, loads may feel useless, and get in a deep hole. The radio show said that if you want to help one of these seemingly lost men, ask them to help you. Idk... but ressonated as true in my eyes and thought it was worth sharing. I certainly have somewhat of a need to.. protect, in lack of a better word. And from experience I can confirm that serving something larger than myself as well as my fellow man, has done a lot of good. Hope you are doing well, people. Edited 22 hours ago by Haribol typo 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
