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<blockquote data-quote="mugsy" data-source="post: 2736093" data-attributes="member: 18914"><p>Hawgman - in late 2011 my young wife passed from cancer. I like to tell others that for a short while I "looked into the abyss" but I also had four children (four walking, talking and hurting themselves built-in reasons to go on) and deep convictions against self-destruction. I was able to step back and turn away from that kind of thinking. I don't think there is a magic formula to alleviating despair beyond working with anyone who feels like he might wish to hurt himself to help him see that their is value in his own unique being and that there is always hope, even in the midst of pain. </p><p>I also had a very powerful example - my own late wife who had very consciously chosen to not give in to despair or any of the fear-driven panic that facing the end brings on in some people. She made that choice because she knew she was providing a living breathing example for four sets of eyes who would learn, for good or ill, by watching how their mother handled this aspect of life.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mugsy, post: 2736093, member: 18914"] Hawgman - in late 2011 my young wife passed from cancer. I like to tell others that for a short while I "looked into the abyss" but I also had four children (four walking, talking and hurting themselves built-in reasons to go on) and deep convictions against self-destruction. I was able to step back and turn away from that kind of thinking. I don't think there is a magic formula to alleviating despair beyond working with anyone who feels like he might wish to hurt himself to help him see that their is value in his own unique being and that there is always hope, even in the midst of pain. I also had a very powerful example - my own late wife who had very consciously chosen to not give in to despair or any of the fear-driven panic that facing the end brings on in some people. She made that choice because she knew she was providing a living breathing example for four sets of eyes who would learn, for good or ill, by watching how their mother handled this aspect of life. [/QUOTE]
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