Over The Edge

After this past weekend I really had to stop and consider what things must take place in one’s mind in order for them to loose his/her grip on reality and do things they never dreamed they would do.

This all stemmed from the news that a former colleague and friend of 12 years murdered his wife of 6 years. I had just ran into the both of them a month ago while visiting home. They seemed happy and content, I had no idea a world of turmoil was bubbling under the surface.

You see that is the game most of us play. Hiding who we are from most of the people we know, pretending everything is fine, when all we really want to do is cry out for help. However, pride creeps in and we listen to that familiar voice that cries ” you can handle this”, “they wouldn’t understand anyway”, and “they will just judge you”.

So day in and day out we pretend until we start becoming a person we don’t know or like. I think we’ve all been there at times and really the only way out is to humbly admit that we need a power greater than ourselves and other people to help us out of our thoughts.

It pains me that my friend could never share what was going on deep inside of him with anyone. He just held it in until he did things that no one ever thought he was capable of. Now in the wake of his rage, is the death of a women and baggage that his children will carry for sometime.

If you’re reading this and you feel like life is taking you over the edge, please humble yourself and cry out for help. We are all in this together and it will take all of us to turn this world of pain around.