“I had hope also. But it wasn’t enough,” Verona intervened, glancing over at me before looking away with sadness in her eyes.
I knew she still felt bitterness behind what she had been through. But then again, I thought she had a sudden change of heart. It seems you never fully understand the fate of loves course until the things you once done to another is returned upon you in similar fashion.
My father led a life that he’d watched traditional men do for years. Though after nearly losing the source of his motivation, he soon found himself faced with the realization of knowing a man’s work is never worth the lost his love ones.
After returning from Hawaii he soon gave up his position of running the business and completely devoted himself to taking care of mother. Witnessing the turnaround in him, I soon realized the trueness of love is not in what you give, but how you live with the love you receive.
To mercifully place your heart at the feet of another is to surrender all sense of pride. Though at times as miserable as it would seem, the defining walk ultimately turns into a fulfilling destiny. For some it can turn out to be more than what the heart can stand. Considering her bitterness, I understand why Verona feel the way she does.
A heart can only love so long under the force of rejection, before turning into resentment.
Still harboring unresolved emotions, in time she will come to realize the greatest of her pain is the result of her own self-infliction.
Tom, on the other hand, had discovered through his commitment to Jules that at times love could be as timeless and relentless as a lasting spirit, waywardly drifting upon humanity’s sea of diminishing hope. And though it seem as if her illness has robbed them of their golden years, to some degree it may have turned his reality into the imaginative. But for what its worth, his heart still recognizes love.
During my Doctorial work I conducted several studies involving widows and siblings, and their sudden lost of their family unit as a result of a spouse or parent being diagnosed with a terminal illness. Focusing more on the affect it has on family members, a large number of participants said the greatest source of their anger came from not being able to make good of past transgressions between them and the victim of the illness.
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