People on edge describes people everywhere these days. It is a vicious cycle that we must start addressing if we don't want to limit ourselves to the compelling choices by people on edge.
| People on Edge Choices by people on edge: explosion or implosion. Explosion is a thunderous eruption that carries all the anger from years past, anger that provides fuel for the present. Implosion is a silent withdrawal, a quietness that is anything but calm, an internal cyclone that refuses to breach the walls of decorum to spoil the behavior others consider to be in good taste. People on edge are caught in a web, a web that won’t turn them loose, won’t free them from their emotional vise. Other people are cautious lest they become caught in the clutches of anger or despair themselves. Unwittingly others feed the choices for it is the dispassion of others, the silence that traps those in pain so tightly into an empty world with no place to turn. Empty words from others can find no purchase. They are consumed without notice. Only listening. Trying to walk in their shoes. Not judging. Offering to help if you can. These things can tear down walls and ease the tensions roused by emotional conflicts. It can be hard. The edge was not achieved overnight. It will, however, be worth it - for them and for YOU. ©DWilliamsen |
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