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TheAmazombie
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States3714 Posts
August 27 2011 01:56 GMT
#1
I wrote this blog awhile back about my father. He is ill and falling apart rather rapidly. Today we had another incident which involved 911, ambulance, all that jazz.

It has gotten to this point where frustration is not even the word. It has reached that point where you can longer hold out much hope and each step in the process is just, well, almost funny now. Sometimes things in life happen and all you can do is laugh anymore. There is no emotion left to feel otherwise so we break down to one of our most core, basic feelings - humor.

The frustrations have changed ito just plain helplessness. This is that feeling of guilt where you want to do something so badly, but you can't. It is where our lives as humans clash with the basic idea of impermanence. We do not like to accept that some things, at least in this corner of time in the universe, are impossible and therefore we are useless to do anything. By nature when we have a loved one that is in pain or, well, just plain dying, we have this urge to do something. We have to help.

This is where the human element comes in. This is where evolution clashes with reality. We have this survival instinct as well as a need for society. A strong group is better and safer, so to maintain that strong group, we want to help.

Luckily I just got word that the incident today was not the worst. It was not what we had feared, but that does not mean it was not bad. I wish that I had more to say today, but overall it is what it is and there is not much that we can do at this time.

I want to thank the community for all of their kind words in the past. Thanks to TL for letting me post this here, gather my thoughts, work out ideas. All I want people to take from this is that ends come. Nothing is forever and in the end no matter what you do, we must accept and move on. This is the strength and beauty of humanity.

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We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery, we need humanity. More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness. Without these qualities, life will be violent and all will be lost. -Charlie Chaplin
Turo
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada333 Posts
August 27 2011 02:58 GMT
#2
Waiting is the worst part.

TheAmazombie
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States3714 Posts
August 27 2011 03:00 GMT
#3
On August 27 2011 11:58 Turo wrote:
Waiting is the worst part.



This is where we are at...I mean, his disease, if nothing major happens, will still allow him to live for sometime, but he is at such high risk of the worst happening...what do we do other than just be there?
We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery, we need humanity. More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness. Without these qualities, life will be violent and all will be lost. -Charlie Chaplin
Turo
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada333 Posts
August 27 2011 03:03 GMT
#4
I was in a similar situation before. I kept telling myself that at least you had a chance to say goodbye.
ymir233
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States8275 Posts
August 27 2011 03:12 GMT
#5
It's great that you have the tenacity to wait this out without making a huge mess out of this situation...unlike many people I know. In my humble opinion, it's not about accepting and moving on, but rather gritting your teeth (or keeping a smile on your face, depending on what kind of person you are) and continuing to move in spite of it all. I wish you nothing but the very best for your situation.
Come motivate me to be cynical about animus at http://infinityandone.blogspot.com/ // Stork proxy gates are beautiful.
TheAmazombie
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States3714 Posts
August 27 2011 03:47 GMT
#6
On August 27 2011 12:12 ymir233 wrote:
It's great that you have the tenacity to wait this out without making a huge mess out of this situation...unlike many people I know. In my humble opinion, it's not about accepting and moving on, but rather gritting your teeth (or keeping a smile on your face, depending on what kind of person you are) and continuing to move in spite of it all. I wish you nothing but the very best for your situation.


Thanks man. I know, nothing pisses me off more than people who fail to accept that sometimes you can't do anything. I would rather my loved ones die in their home surrounded by friend and family, not in a sterile, smelly hospital room surrounded by no one because the family demands that doctors and nurses find the fountain of youth and work some miracles.
We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery, we need humanity. More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness. Without these qualities, life will be violent and all will be lost. -Charlie Chaplin
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