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Concerns, and a tidbit
14 years ago
Lately I feel as though I'm standing at the top of a very tall tower, with other towers all around. The other towers are suffering the effects of an earthquake that doesn't seem to be felt by my own. I watch other towers crumble and threaten to collapse completely. I can reach out, I can call out to see if those in other towers are still alive, but the gulf is too wide for me to truly do anything to spare them or their towers from falling. I don't have the tools to rescue anybody, and meanwhile the rest of the world destroys itself.
I'm fortunate. I'm fine. But there are several around me who are not, and that leaves me with a very unsettling sense of guilt. It doesn't seem fair that my tower does not suffer as theirs does. And from that vantage point, I'm left unsure of what I can really do about any of it.
In other news, I think the Ingraham house is going to see a new addition relatively soon. It's nothing really major right now, but knowing me, there's no telling what will happen once this idea gets some breathing room.
That's it for now. Please, be well, everyone,
-- Maxwell
I'm fortunate. I'm fine. But there are several around me who are not, and that leaves me with a very unsettling sense of guilt. It doesn't seem fair that my tower does not suffer as theirs does. And from that vantage point, I'm left unsure of what I can really do about any of it.
In other news, I think the Ingraham house is going to see a new addition relatively soon. It's nothing really major right now, but knowing me, there's no telling what will happen once this idea gets some breathing room.
That's it for now. Please, be well, everyone,
-- Maxwell
Fist_of_Fenris
~fistoffenris
You're getting emotionally involved in a curious form of "survivor's guilt." Sympathy is good but feeling guilty that others are less fortunate can be unhealthy. You've got no obligation to friends in times of need but to be a rock for them to hoist themselves up on.
MaxwellIngraham
~maxwellingraham
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Yes but being a rock is dreadfully dull work, you know. You just sit there and hope that other people are strong enough to do the hoisting. The most exciting thing that happens to you is the potential of erosion.
