Death and Dying....

"Uhhh.... Like when people die?"
"Why? Isn't that stuff really depressing?"
"That's interesting...."
These are responses I've gotten when I mention I would like to do grief counseling (and the all-too common polite turning and walking away).
You know why I like grief counseling? Because it starts at the end of someone's life, when they have seen everything they have done and are prepared to take responsibility for actions, hurts, whatever they might have done which requires resolution. We live in worlds where pain and suffering are every day occurrences; statistics tell us so, our own senses tell us so if we can stop to listen for a moment. As we go about life, we can't do everything perfectly. We leave bumps in the road, loose threads in the tapestry, whichever analogy you prefer. These are often what can come to define us if we allow them to, but so much more so they end up being the times we look back on when near the end of our roads, which we only wish something could be done to ameliorate the brokenness caused by our past. Perhaps that's why I love Christ so much, because our brokenness highlights how amazing He was to die for it.