Several months after I was downsized from a job of 25 years, I was offered another. I was hired along with three VP's on the same day. Two days before I was hired, DD and several hundred others were let go from the same company, same location. That is survival guilt.
Last week there were several situations where SG was to be experienced again. The loss of a grown child and a devastating medical situation. The bible reminds us not if but when trouble comes... There is a part of us that wonders if it is right to go on with our lives while someone else's has come to a complete halt. Life as they knew it the day before is gone... and they will never be the same. Doesn't seem right that we should go out have fun or move on with our plans.
There is a time for everything and we will each have times in our lives where people will go on with their lives while we deal with those things that we never imagined. The only right thing to do is to go on. Those who need to will draw strength from those who are able to help carry them. We can't help share their grief if we are wrapped in our own.
These are tough times. Day to day, we don't know what is coming. There is no way to prepare a fatal motorcycle accident, an unexpected diagnosis or an unknown financial future. We need to lift each other up and pray that Someday, when our when comes - there are those around us who will help and not be wasting time hanging around with SG...
