My heart sank a little after reading...and then it fluttered again..
Because yes, kind souls do exist, and that's you!
The timing of you placing the note and the next day the car was towed away -- tells me it's Divine.
I often think about those are socially isolated either by choice or circumstances, what happens when they die... it's kinda sad and morbid when I think about it. And I will be so grateful for my family even if I am still staying with them. Just the human-to-human interaction is far beyond money can buy.
Interestingly, this morning on my walk with Dezi, I saw whom I believed to be the person who's been camping at the head of the neighborhood waterfall. He was sitting in the grass with his back pack, out in the open near the storm pond. Dezi demonstrated some concern as we approached. I looked at him, smiled and said "good morning". He replied the same and added "how are you?" After we passed by I couldn't help wondering if that could have been the meager bit of attention that could cause a person to change their mind about ending their own life. I know my thinking was a bit dramatic but we just don't ever know how we touch others with something that costs us nothing.
Yup, get up every morning, having coffee and talking about the day ahead. Some days I get real sharp insistent words during the day, sometimes, just quiet and companionable. Its not that my home isn't full of energy in a good way, its just different than that quiet sound of another's breathing while you're sitting on the couch watching the birds eat their breakfast, or the cats playing chase down the hallway
You're right, we live in a world where many of us are connected mainly through the internet, and if someone doesn't show up there for a few days, we don't assume there's an issue. I think that part's kind of sad. I also think people are OK when they get to wherever they're going, it's those remaining who feel that sadness and loss.
This piece is indeed sad, Kristi, but it's far from depressing — that this man's death is being properly mourned despite an absence of what we'd consider personal connection in daily life, is something I find downright redemptive.
My heart sank a little after reading...and then it fluttered again..
Because yes, kind souls do exist, and that's you!
The timing of you placing the note and the next day the car was towed away -- tells me it's Divine.
I often think about those are socially isolated either by choice or circumstances, what happens when they die... it's kinda sad and morbid when I think about it. And I will be so grateful for my family even if I am still staying with them. Just the human-to-human interaction is far beyond money can buy.
Interestingly, this morning on my walk with Dezi, I saw whom I believed to be the person who's been camping at the head of the neighborhood waterfall. He was sitting in the grass with his back pack, out in the open near the storm pond. Dezi demonstrated some concern as we approached. I looked at him, smiled and said "good morning". He replied the same and added "how are you?" After we passed by I couldn't help wondering if that could have been the meager bit of attention that could cause a person to change their mind about ending their own life. I know my thinking was a bit dramatic but we just don't ever know how we touch others with something that costs us nothing.
Yup, get up every morning, having coffee and talking about the day ahead. Some days I get real sharp insistent words during the day, sometimes, just quiet and companionable. Its not that my home isn't full of energy in a good way, its just different than that quiet sound of another's breathing while you're sitting on the couch watching the birds eat their breakfast, or the cats playing chase down the hallway
You're right, we live in a world where many of us are connected mainly through the internet, and if someone doesn't show up there for a few days, we don't assume there's an issue. I think that part's kind of sad. I also think people are OK when they get to wherever they're going, it's those remaining who feel that sadness and loss.
This piece is indeed sad, Kristi, but it's far from depressing — that this man's death is being properly mourned despite an absence of what we'd consider personal connection in daily life, is something I find downright redemptive.