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| The Heart of Compassion Reaches all the Dark Places |
Almost
everyone I know of has someone in our families or our close circle of friends
that is sliding downwards, out of control, into alcoholism. In some cases it
is possible to intervene, perhaps by example or deed. I know of a few rare
examples in which coercion or an intervention has helped; but, for the most
part, an addict or an alcoholic can only be reached when, at a crossroads, he
or she has nowhere else to turn but to seek help of their own volition. It is
especially difficult and downright traumatic to see a family member we have
known and watched grow into adulthood, succeeded in a career with a family of
their own, slipping away. We wring our hands, wonder, pray, doubt whether our
prayers are heard at all… and wait to get that phone-call at the midnight hour…
hoping it is a call for help and that it isn’t “the call” we dread.
I have no apparent comforting words for those
of us who have found ourselves in this situation except to say how important it
is to stay firmly planted in the Heart of Compassion. For, when that call comes,
we are then ready to act appropriately. Until that time we pray and wait,
trusting that our prayers are heard in spite of the evidence to the contrary.
geo, 4,650
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