boo hoo

“ack, here come the waterworks again! i know everything you guys are saying is the truth, and i really, really appreciate it all...”

“Oh, wow, lyra, what to say. Words seem so inadequate. I'm very sorry to hear about your brother.
Maybe this poem by James Kavanaugh will help;
GUIDE ME
Guide me when I do not know where to go,
Speak to me when all is silent,
Hold me when I am all alone
Come to me when there is nothing left
But my own inner emptiness and pain.
Help me wait patiently for it to pass,
And fill it with passion and new dreams.
Where does it come from?
From wounds unknown and unattended till now,
When a new and loving God is near
And I am finally here in unfamiliar fullness,
Today, tomorrow, and forever.

Though a lifetime of trying is scarcely long enough,
I have at last learned to endure the moment,
To abandon frenzy and wait serenely in silence,
For the peace and joy that is my inheritance
When trust and patience are finally friends,
When fear and anger have gradually dissolved,
And the love I sought so long has finally arrived.
The simple, unencumbered life I sought is mine,
And in the Guiding Shadow that forever followed me,
An inner emptiness and lifelong pain is gone.
For the first time in my life I truly am alive,
Because for the first time in my life I am!”