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 It never feels right to be happy when someone else is grieving. You want to reach out and offer your condolences, but you know they've got their own family and friends to lean on. So I stay away and let it be. It's not giving a cold shoulder or being ignorant to their sadness; it's simply a silent understanding. In time, it'll be okay again. I guess what I wanted to say to him today was: Are you okay? I know it's not the usual way of things, but if you ever want to talk or unload, I'm here to listen. I know we hardly know each other personally, but think of me as that stranger on the bus you start talking to just because. (Maybe I'm too compassionate and caring about people. Is that a bad thing? In some ways I know it's a weakness and at times, a curse. But... it's kind of who I am, you know? It's the wannabe superhero in me. Anyway, I didn't get to say all of those things but I did poke him before he left the office today and he poked back, which was reassuring. I believe in pokes.) No TrackBacksTrackBack URL: http://www.toastier.org/cgi-bin/mt/mt-tb.cgi/321 |
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Hi, my name is Amy. Be well, and say hello!
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I like to keep my distance when such things happen as well. I don't want to risk overstepping my boundaries but I always say something like "If you ever need to talk, just know that I'm here." and let them choose if they want to or not.
Being too compassionate or too caring is not a bad thing! If anything, we need more of that nowadays.