06-05-2014, 03:31 AM
"For me, you've justified shattered, but not scattered."
Well, as I've said, I am not fond of either. Maybe I'll use "broken soul". "despair" is the stage in between longing and acceptance. If one longs for something, then on some level there is hope that longing will be fulfilled, when one realizes that there is no chance of that (when all hope is gone) one falls into despair. Of course as I've said one swings back and forth between these two states. It is a state of irresolution. I mean all of this within the confines of the grief process. Disbelief is also a part of longing. When people speak of "closure", as in the case of a loved one who is missing, but not prove dead, the person will continue in a state of longing because there is the possibility that the person is not dead, thus they are hopeful.
would you like it better if I wrote ..."between hope and despair"? But then again you don't like "crucified". However I don't see how that is less accurate than "torn".
Dale
Well, as I've said, I am not fond of either. Maybe I'll use "broken soul". "despair" is the stage in between longing and acceptance. If one longs for something, then on some level there is hope that longing will be fulfilled, when one realizes that there is no chance of that (when all hope is gone) one falls into despair. Of course as I've said one swings back and forth between these two states. It is a state of irresolution. I mean all of this within the confines of the grief process. Disbelief is also a part of longing. When people speak of "closure", as in the case of a loved one who is missing, but not prove dead, the person will continue in a state of longing because there is the possibility that the person is not dead, thus they are hopeful.
would you like it better if I wrote ..."between hope and despair"? But then again you don't like "crucified". However I don't see how that is less accurate than "torn".
Dale
How long after picking up the brush, the first masterpiece?
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.