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Editor’s Page
Michael Vallone, Ret.
Jumpline Editor
ally, and physically. For example, a change in habits, such as an
increase in alcohol consumption, even driving while intoxicated.
Something that a person would never have done previously. Anger, aggression, callousness, or self-isolation can all be signs of
something lurking within. When a person is moving through each
link in the chain of suffering, there are the changes. Recognizing
these changes brings awareness to the deeper issues tormenting
a person. This will begin to break the links in this chain. Unless it
is broken, the chain will lead to tragedy, suffering, and anguish.
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It is vitally important that this chain breaks before an individual
reaches the end of it.
So what is resilience? It may be something different for
each of us. But it is there. There is no relief in a bullet, rope, or
drug. Ask for help, call for it if necessary, from friends, family, colleagues, organizations, and yes, God! He may or may not answer
you the exact way He did to me, but He will answer.
Keep at it, don’t give up.
Mental pain is less dramatic than physical pain,
but it is more common and also more hard to
bear. The frequent attempt to conceal mental
pain increases the burden: it is easier to say “My
tooth is aching” than to say “My heart is broken.”
C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain, 1940
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