We All Need Hope, Comfort When Bad Things Happen

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I hope today miracles will happen for all whose lives have been torn apart by this new virus, coronavirus. I hope very soon here in the USA we will all be able to get tests as promised. For now, when people we know who have gone to get tested ... there aren't any tests for them to get ... yet. Our country is at least 6 weeks behind every other country that have been testing way before now. I'm so surprised. Here, in our state of North Carolina, we have 26 cases as of this morning ... up 15 new cases since Friday. Anyone can go to my source of reliable information here (I grew up with this newspaper) ... it is NewsObserver.com ... here in Raleigh, NC. I faithfully keep up with the new cases as I want to know what's going on around me. It's up to me to protect my little world, my little family consisting of Skip, our Pups2. I have to know what is happening around me. They are all I have left in this big, old world. I hope that all of you here (your loved ones) that I interact with stay safe, never-ever becoming sick with this new novel virus. We live in an uncertain time unlike anything we've ever known ... we haven't been given hope by the leaders of our country ... nor comfort that all will be alright. I haven't felt any of that as I listen, watch all that transpires when our news international, local ... covers it. I don't stop hoping, trusting all will be alright. Either way it all will be ... one way or other. Sadly, some won't be here then ... some might be. I know from what I experienced when my son, my only child, died ... that I didn't think anything could possibly be alright again. He's been gone almost 10 years (May 29, 2010) ... yes, everything did finally after years ... get alright again in one way or other. I can go on living and actually feel happiness again. For that I am thankful for ... for so long, I didn't think I could live with such knowledge. The death of my son was bigger than I. I found hope, comfort ... to make me go forward. We all need something to give us hope, comfort to keep on when bad things happen. That's what I hope for today for all of us ... hope, comfort ... so, we can go forward and make all alright again in our lives. It will take everyone pulling together, not against each other ... and know this ... this world isn't all about one person ... it's all about ... you, me ... everyone. Together ... we create miracles. When we really pull together ... such wonderful, good things truly happen. Apart ... sadly, we are nothing. Picture one leaf blowing in the wind alone ... picture lots of brightly colored leaves blowing in the wind ... when the wind stops ... all the leaves fall into a wonderful pile of color ... a carpet of color. When the lone leaf falls to the ground ... there's nothing. I want to pull together ... when I fall I want to fall with many leaves ... together we make something beautiful happen ... happy colors of life. Silly? Perhaps, but ... sometimes, I think this way. Being realistic ... yes, miracles can, will happen ... I AM a person who knows anything truly is possible, I AM a miracle myself many times over. I choose to see good in a world of not so good ... yet realistic enough to see, know all isn't rosy at all, not good at all. We have to make the best of it or be a lone leaf where ... nothing happens. In today's time ... we need each other more than ever for this world to survive. At this very moment I see on our news ... we now have 32 new cases of coronavirus in our state ... it was 24 this morning. I have hope something will happen to make all better for everyone ... when I say that ... I know already something didn't happen to be better for others. I'm so sorry for the pain, grief they suffer. Why? Oh my, how well I've known such in my life since being a child. That's why I write about pain ... grief in a positive way ... I know it best. I write what I know best. I choose to write positive because I don't sit ... feel sorry for myself, whine or cry wallowing in self-pity. I keep pulling myself up from the ground through it all ... crying, weeping until the day I can stand again. Why in the world would I do that when I've lost almost everyone I love? Because I've come through it all ... I made it this far ... and no matter what ... one way or other ... everything is, will be alright again. It's true. Don't give up hope ... I hope my words can bring comfort ... somehow, one way or other ... everything will be alright again. No, I'm not promising you a rose garden. We have to be realistic. I'm not the only one who has lived to grow older with all their family dying ... who didn't give up and went on to live life. They know I'm right ... or they would have lost hope years ago, not be here today. The truth is to go on no matter what ... have hope. Giving others comfort even when you don't feel it ... giving them hope when you don't feel it ... has a magical way of making us begin to hope again ... that's comfort. That's how we know somehow, someway ... everything will be alright again even if our whole world changes around us. Have hope, comfort ... I can add one more thing to really make it a powerful mixture for life ... that's to throw some love into it. Miracles begin to happen.