[dubblemonkey]

the recent pain amongst a few humans...

I am in terrible tears....that some people and children.....

they fell from the sky and......and they collapsed into heaps of bodies...

I hate what happened to these people!....

I cannot stop crying.....

its not fair.....

for people to suffer this way....

I am so upset for them

[CANDC]

Suffering happens to humans all over the earth. It troubles me also.
I say a prayer or hold a silent meditation to heal the broken hearts whenever I remember. I try to do what I can to make a little more peace or empathy in someone's life in some small way.

[Serra27]

Being OCD on top of Bipolar, I find it extremely difficult to "delete" stories I hear of suffering, esp children suffering. I cry for children and people I do not even know, somewhat often. I doubt God all the time, but then I remember humans have free will. I also remember, which I think is crap (for lack of better words) but is true, is that without suffering, there would be no compassion, and without compassion we would be drones walking this Earth, and maybe it would be worse. Who knows? But I always hold in my heart, when I think my days are bad with my issues, I always remember, there are so many worse off, and I become humble of my own issues.

[dubblemonkey]

thanks for the replies...

I know I am emotionally illiterate...personally dysfunctional...

but I have to keep challenging myself!... and not because pain beat me to it!

I am a permanent pain and an even more pain in the ***!...

a few hundred years ago you were lucky or unlucky to hear news from a village 8 miles perhaps 9 miles from you bed...

and the effect was equally desperate upon the discovery...

because it was likely a family member that came to grief!

these modern times proclaim social media a gift from the Gods!...

and I consider it an over excited and destructive situation of personal opinion...

just like mine here is!

but ...despite my abhorrence of this human self absorption!

sometimes humanity can unite and put aside opinions and personal self absorption...

and consider the things of more importance...

I ashamed because people are killed everyday...

when I delegate my compassion here and there?

what right do I have to decide who matters?

and this most recent tragedy has challenged me ...!

...

that it is not about me...

and for all the tragedy around me?

all I seem to do is to try and forget...

this is what I meant by shameful...

it always seems to be other kids mums and dads and families that get hurt so bad...

I somehow owe these people and these strangers something!!

it could quite easily be me in these terrible conflicts and awful accidents...

and those victims of such danger ...mostly are not aware that they could die any time soon...

[CANDC]

Dear Dubblemonkey, you had an inspiring thing to say;
"but ...despite my abhorrence of this human self absorption!

sometimes humanity can unite and put aside opinions and personal self absorption...

and consider the things of more importance"

Yes we can. Maybe we can give up some of our personalizing our experiences and contemplate what is good and joyful. Besides all the suffering, is the joy of this moment with birds singing and blue skies and sunshine dancing on the ripples of the lake. The glass is not all empty or all full, but half empty and half full.
Yes death is the great uncertainty, but finding the half of the glass that is full lightens this load.