What2Say2Day? This past weekend we lost another young and talented soul. She was taken at what seemed to be a time of turn around in her life. She was rehabilitated from years of drug use and making a movie. Why this lady decided to do what she did will always be a mystery to us, but if previous lives taken from us too soon will be an indication we should be able to venture a guess.
I'm not talking about drug use, alcoholism, or depression, but the root reasons as to why she traveled down those paths. How can a woman, raised in a small town by good parents and with a strong faith towards God go awry? Somewhere along the way she had lost her community would be my guess.
We take a look at those whose lives have had very public, tragic endings and we'll see the same answer. Yes, how they passed will all be different. The reasons they did the things that put them in those situations will be the same. At some point in their lives they felt alone, abandoned by those around them; especially those closest to them. They had forgotten the feel of what it's like to be unconditionally accepted for the person they are.
We may not belong to the inner circles of the people who have left us much too soon, but we can help those around us in our everyday lives. All we need to do is look at the Michael in the cubicle next to us, the Amy who sits next to us on the bus, or the Whitney that eats lunch by herself and offer them a smile, a friendly hello, or an ear for five minutes to let them know they are loved. We have the power to help others simply by being their friend.
What a world this would be if people knew without a doubt that at least one person cared.
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