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(68.219.26.123) on 1/14/2009 - 2:23 p.m. says: ( 17 views
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"RE: This week is two years since Jeremy took his life."
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My heart goes out to this mother and family for their loss and the pain they will carry now always as they remember him. I hope they have gotten some time w/ grief counselors because getting through an episode like that requires help from someone who knows what he is doing. I am especially sorry that his end seems to have been a trigger for someone else who loved him and could not find her way after his own end.
I am reluctant to tread on someone else's pain -- especially in a case like this. But since Jeremy was a member here his lessons are for us. We need both kindness and honesty if we are to learn. He obviously was haunted by a darkness that eventually overcame him. That darkness at times found expression here in ways that put people off. Jeremy liked to shock people and play the role of a tough guy
who enjoyed crossing boundaries, ignoring the fact that he offended and
at times hurt people. That was obviously driven by the energy of his
own fears and sadness. But people are not just one way. People who met him personally speak of another side to him that was also there and I am glad to hear of it. Mostly this place is a game and the interactions are to be seen as innocent -- even in the insults and arguments. But we need to remember that everyone carries wounds and everyone has vulnerable places. I want to remember that I am always talking to someone who my theology tells me bears the image of God and therefore not someone to dismiss and treat as if he were nothing. Political and rivalry arguments can become heated and can escalate to a point that we take cheap shots and say things we cannot call back. Maybe Jeremy's legacy here can be to remember to look for a way to act better in these arguments. We can't ever speak to him again -- but we can be respectful when we speak to others and consider them as we make our point. Even as rivals, as political opponents, as people w/ opposing views on everything we can be kind to one another and not just shove someone to make our point.
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