The other day a bright young woman gathered up her little child, got on a bus, and rode through the night. Why did she do this? Where was she going? She came upon a bridge that passed over a major highway and she thought somewhere, somehow in her mind that jumping over that bridge with her small child in her arms would lead to - less pain - less suffering, and a better life. How things got so bad for her we may never know. It seems that the general public can never quite imagine how much pain someone must be feeling to take their lives to this level. They ask..Where was her family? Did the system fail her? Was anyone there to stop her?
Some of us however, know that edge. We've teetered on it yet come back a million times. We know what pain brings us to that edge, but we are thankful we have enough sense and conviction to think of the life we have and its' possibilities for improvement. In a split second we remember those that love us and support us through ANYTHING. We remember the child who is waiting for us at home and how much they are depending on us for protection, nourishment, and love. It is these thoughts that brings our minds back to reality. It is our faith-whatever that may mean. It is GOD. It is knowing that somewhere in the pain there is a story to be shared with others that may benefit from some word that you have spoken and a pain you have shared.
I have stood many times on the edge of the subway platform when I was much younger and thought to myself...I know how people could walk to the edge and jump over into the dark. Fast and quick...pain for a minute... and then nothing. It was never my destiny. I have always known that GOD has a plan for me that is enfolding and being revealed to me every day that I live. Knowing this makes me excited to see what the future will bring.
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