Comments on: He Was Trusted, and He Was Loved

By: Moof

Moof — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 13:23:22 +0000

Wandering Author, thank you … but you know, I think that sometimes our own deepest needs and fears can drive our greatest kindnesses.

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Yes, Angel … I agree. Wandering Visitor’s comment has a lot of depth and feeling. So much of her blog is like that, too … if you haven’t visited her, you should take a peek. I never come away empty handed …

By: Chrysalis Angel

Chrysalis Angel — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 11:04:53 +0000

That was beautiful Moof.

I loved this comment, It is exactly how I feel. “All we can do is support each other, learn from each other, heal each other when we can, and try not to do too much harm. And when we see someone fall, let us try to help them regain balance, and encourage what is good in them.”

By: the Wandering Author

the Wandering Author — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 03:21:48 +0000

I’ve seldom read a tribute so moving, or words so true. And if, as you say in your comment above, there was no valor in what you did, there was at least more kindness and wisdom than many people ever manage to summon up.

By: Moof

Moof — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 03:56:43 +0000

Wandering Visitor, you caught the gist of the post – completely. Thank you for the affirmation. {{{ hugs }}}

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Ingrid, my dear friend from so far away! I still cry when I think him, and I realize that each of us is not really a lot different … in our own way. We all need to support each other … and continue to love each other, realizing that we’re all frail human beings.

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Ipanema, yes, you’re right: In the end, that’s what we are: messengers of good and the bad.

When you say “your trust and love never waned” … there’s something to think about there. My love certainly never waned, although my trust was sorely shaken. But Ipanema, being that I’m only human – just like him – if my own humanity were to cause me to do things which have hurt other people, I would also want to not be completely forgotten by everyone and everything. There’s no valor in giving what I would also want to receive. There was still love, yes … but also fear – fear of someday finding myself as horribly alone as he was.

By: ipanema

ipanema — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 11:53:46 +0000

Wonderful tribute. Such frailings of human nature. In the end, that’s what we are: messengers of good and the bad. It was also a test of his true friends. Those who stood by him through smooth and rough times. Yes, in the end whatever he’d become, your trust and love never waned. A true friend indeed.

By: Ingrid

Ingrid — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 03:43:55 +0000

It’s all true, true and true.
I could as if feel your warm tears coz mine is running down too.
Please forgive us sinners, no matter wherever He stays now.

By: always learning

always learning — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 21:54:09 +0000

Wow, Moof.

Perhaps his life is a great lesson for those that loved him, and that was one of his many gifts to those around him. Absolutely agree with your words:

But donâ€™t we each, in our own way, follow that same path? Donâ€™t we each, in our own way, bring life and love to some, and hurt and pain to others?

In the end, we are all human. We all make mistakes, and none of us are all good or all bad. Who are we to judge each other? All we can do is support each other, learn from each other, heal each other when we can, and try not to do too much harm. And when we see someone fall, let us try to help them regain balance, and encourage what is good in them. Because but for the grace of (insert who you please), go I. And in reality, when we have fallen, we need to learn from our mistakes, but we also need to learn to forgive ourselves.

By: papers » Blog Archive » He Was Trusted, and He Was Loved

papers » Blog Archive » He Was Trusted, and He Was Loved — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 20:27:36 +0000

[...] vaughan wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptI was drawn into his circle of love and healing, and helped him to feed his broken and despairing followers â€¦ and as I watched him reach out his healing hands, in awe I trusted him, and I loved him along with all of the others. … [...]