Value of Hardship
It was a truly tragic story. The wife had developed Alzheimers. The husband in grief and despair decided their lives were over and took matters into his own hands. Children had to plan a double funeral. Lives ripped apart, forever. Obviously I feel what he did was wrong but, I am not here to judge him. I am here to judge a society that tells us any hardship is evil. Baby Boomers were given so much that they have developed the mentality hardship is failure. They equate successful lives as ones free of hardship. They resist hardship and fight it with the tenacity of a dying bulldog, making it so much worse. Certainly I am not advocating reveling or accepting hardship. I am, however, suggesting understanding and realizing it is a part of life will give you the necessary tools to overcome it. I wonder what the husband missed during his hardship - holding his wife's hand one last time, brushing her h...