At best we’re all just close to schedule
We all end up on our knees at some point in our lives. And there’s there’s something about ending up there that involves shock.
While I’m not shocked that an event happened to the world at large, for those people that went through it and are continuing to deal with it, there’s nothing but shock.
There’s no words of solace one can give. Certainly not a tired lawyer in the upper west side that’s currently wearing two mismatched socks.
But I can tell you that I’m sorry.
I’m sorry that you have to bear it.
I’m sorry that we as a society have failed to do the most basic of what a society’s supposed to do, which is to protect the weak and innocent.
I hope one day that if you don’t find happiness again, you will find peace.
As for me, I return to my usual nonsense about nuthin, Monday.
I know it can never be usual ever again for anyone that’s personally gone through something like this.
But I hope – we all do – that somehow life gets close to usual for you someday.
There’s a quote I love from Chuck Palahniuk, who said, It’s so hard to forget pain, but it’s even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness.
The actual name of this blog is On (or Close to) Schedule.
But that’s just a joke between us, isn’t it?
No one’s ever really on schedule.
At best, we’re all just close to schedule.
I hope, more than you know, that you get close to schedule again too.
Location: Harlem
Mood: disappointed
Music: There’ll be music again next week. Just not yet.
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