Friday, January 7, 2011

"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle." Plato

I've always loved this quote. I try to live by it, though I'm not always successful.

I just read Bill Zeller's suicide letter. I never knew him. I wonder if the people that knew him saw him in the same light in which he saw himself. I understand his wish that he could have ended his pain in another way. Some way that wouldn't hurt the people around him so much. I wish he could have gotten help.

In the meantime, I will do my best to "Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle."
Posted by Touch of Ink at 3:32 PM
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5 comments:

  1. Colene MurphyJanuary 7, 2011 at 7:58 PM

    Always nice to remember. Not always easy but you're right. Never know what peoples lives are like.

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  2. Touch of InkJanuary 7, 2011 at 10:00 PM

    Hi Colene,

    At the very worst, it can't hurt, right?

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  3. WritingNutJanuary 9, 2011 at 7:19 PM

    How true... I agree with you... it's not always easy, but at least we try.

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  4. Touch of InkJanuary 9, 2011 at 10:18 PM

    If I absolutely can't do it (because there are some people that I can't find compassion for), I try to at least acknowledge that they have a tough fight.

    (It'd be easier for me to feel compassion if I'd just seen most of "Born In A Brothel" tonight. Heartbreaking stuff.)

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  5. Touch of InkJanuary 9, 2011 at 10:18 PM

    Sigh, that should be "if I hadn't just seen..."

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