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Triumph VS Tragedy

 When I was in hospital (I've been in a total of 7 times IIRC), I met a hopeless young man who would lie on the floor all day. When his friend came to visit, he would lament that the place was hell to stay in and that he hated everyone here. He was generally very negative. I remember turning to him and saying 'give us a chance. You might end up having fun with the people here' or something to that effect.


Same energy



Lo and behold, fast forward a few years later and he's getting married to the love of his life, that he met in the very same hell he wasn't willing to give a chance to at first. They are madly in love and the happiest kids I know on Facebook.


Now, fast forward a few years from when I first met them in a hopeless place, and I'm in the hospital again. This time, there is another blossoming romance. But alas, things never worked out because they both took their lives, one after the other. 


Perhaps their lives would have been saved, if they had found solace in each other. Maybe, or maybe not. But to see these two stories unfold the way they did, I am happy for the married couple, yet tremendously sad for the wasted potential of the two lives, lost young.


May they find happiness and peace in the afterlife.


#loveconquersall #supporttheoneswhofall #family #friendsmakethedifference

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