The spirit of humanity

It's been kind of a heavy a few days here in gemmak's-ville recently, a few days of emotional extremes, of living life on an emotional roller coaster, of hopes and dreams alternately raised and shattered and raised again and of standing by, often feeling powerless to help, while a very special friend has faced and tried to understand the situation they have found themselves in.

There have been times of confusion and of profound pain and introspection for my friend, of questioning the very reasons for life, of looking deep within oneself and of trying to find at least some answers and through it all I felt privileged to be so trusted as to be involved and to be allowed to try and help where I could, though often I have felt that familiar feeling we have all experienced of feeling utterly, utterly helpless to truly be of any help at all, of wanting to be able to take away the pain as if by some magic and not being able to, of only being able to stand by as the situation unfolded and hope that my being there might at least offer some support.

.......but through it all I have been reminded of the spirit of humanity, of the strength to fight, of the courage we have to take on our demons and to win even when we are scared witless, to look life in the eye, flip it the bird, regroup and move forward.

Sometimes we have to hit crisis point to be able to take the next step forward, we have to feel the pain to be able to heal and we learn from it, grow from it and peversely gain strength from it. Above all I have been reminded in the last few days of the power of two things, of friendship, which we so often take for granted but which can be truly invaluable and inspirational and of humour in the face of adversity, for even in the darkest moments, however irreverent, there can be found humour, and the power to laugh and to retain the spirit to laugh is immensely valuable.


~ Go find your happiness my friend, you deserve it and you damn well earned it these last few days ~