Thanks for reading Life and Limb! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. When I was a boy, I often heard that old saying that parents told their kids to ease their fears of the night. “Now remember, there’s nothing in the night that isn’t there in the day.” Of course, the counterpoint was my mom double and triple checking the locks after the sun went down. But that’s beside the point.
The emergency room is not a solution for much of what you describe. It is a "default" destination. Imagine what would happen if the flow of drugs suddenly ceased. Imagine what would happen if we decided that families should include elders in the nuclear household? Imagine...we are our own solution, but it takes more courage than we have been willing to muster.
This post took my breath away through its grace-filled understanding of the lonely and suffering.
A lovely prayer. It is also in the Episcopal liturgy for the Compline service.
The emergency room is not a solution for much of what you describe. It is a "default" destination. Imagine what would happen if the flow of drugs suddenly ceased. Imagine what would happen if we decided that families should include elders in the nuclear household? Imagine...we are our own solution, but it takes more courage than we have been willing to muster.
What a way with words! Great article once again!