I thought about what I wrote and I have to admit I am not able to be compassionate 100% of the time. Caring for a sick person is a lot of work, and frustrating, and sometimes I'd loose my patience.
However, I think you were all talking more about a social stigma, of which I admit I have not been aware. I probably haven't been sick enough to experience that. - T Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 09:11:47 -0500 From: "kevin thurston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: compassion regarding sickness: tamara, you are one side of the coin, the other is much more...something.this something is, people do not want to be reminded of the(ir) frailty. seeing the sick constantly can certainly do that to a person. which isn't of itself a bad or good thing, but it must be acknowledged that not everyone wants to be (reminded). On 3/29/06, Tamara Wyndham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I must say I was surprised to read that. > > I have cared for sick people. While I am normally > squeamish to see certain illnesses in movies or to > read about the gory details in a book, in the presence > of a human being who is suffering I feel compassion. I > do the best I can. > The same when my friends have gone through break-ups > in their relationships, I am patient and caring. Never occured to me that someone would react differently. > > However, sometimes people in pain can be disagreeable. > If I didn't know the person very well, and I didn't > know what was going on with them -- that is, I didn't > kow that they were ill or that they were going through a break-up, I would probably be annoyed. > > - T Tamara Wyndham http://www.tamarawyndham.com We have convictions only if we have studied nothing thoroughly. -- E.M. Cioran, The Trouble With Being Born __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mailinglist from Sztuka Fabryka http://www.sztuka-fabryka.be/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ma-network/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
