Egads. It's June 1, and almost a month since I last posted here. My apologies for the extended absence (if there is anyone out there still checking this blog). Life got in my way this month. The last two weeks in particular have been awful.
A long-time coworker committed suicide at his office in the place where I work. I didn't work directly with him, and wasn't close to him, but had known him for many years. He had a wife to whom he'd been married for 30-plus years, and five living children. It is a great tragedy, not only for the obvious reasons but also for others not so obvious.
Apart from that, in another sort of tragedy, I learned that someone I care about is addicted to a powerful substance. That addiction explains certain behaviors in the person I didn't previously understand, but it also presents a fearful picture for the future. I alternate between worrying obsessively over what will happen in this person's life, and then trying not to think about the situation at all. I know addictions can't be overcome unless the addicts are willing to work and suffer to resist whatever it is they're addicted to. I feel helpless.
The nascent worry lines in my forehead now are permanently engraved.
But it is June 1, and that is another month and, to me, June 1 has always represented the start of another season--Summer Vacation from when I was a child in school--and I have always loved the idea of a Fresh Start. I will enter the Summer Season with hope that by its end the things that worry me will have been alleviated, or even cured.
Oops. I just remembered that today is the official start of Hurricane Season...
I will be a positive thinker: No disastrous hurricanes will strike this year. New Orleans will not be hit.
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They're all going to hit Miami, where Sam's spending the summer.
And on the other things...our thoughts are with you.
I'm sorry to hear about the stressful issues. Over the years, the single most important thing to me has been to seek peace of mind. I rarely seem to get it, and yet it is the most desirable of all treasures. I hope peace of mind is on your way.
Yeah...summer. There be good months and bad months, as the pirates say. And Ray Bradbury once wrote about the joys of June.
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