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Progress, sort of...
A few days have passed and I feel...well, not hopeful really, but human again. Meaning I can smile and make small talk at work, laugh at a joke a friend made, be pleasantly surprised by a squeeful comment left on an old fic, and find some small pleasures in books and music again. It's not that I'm not still fearful for the future, but I think more like my body couldn't take the state of constant fear and depression, and some sort of self-preservation instinct kicked in to let me function more-or-less normally again.
I did take some measure of hope and comfort in seeing on the news last night that Sting re-opened the Bataclan theater a year after the terrorist attack in France. I was moved, not only by Sting's message and music, but by the courage it must have taken for the audience, family members of the victims among them, to return to a place where such horrific violence had taken place. It reminds me that there are still brave, good, and compassionate people in this world.
It also reminded me of happier times when I'd seen Sting in concert with friends--once with The Police, and once solo. He really is a phenomenal musician, and those were two of the best concerts I've ever seen in my life. I've always loved music and found comfort in it when I was feeling down, so maybe it's not surprising to find some comfort in it now.
I did take some measure of hope and comfort in seeing on the news last night that Sting re-opened the Bataclan theater a year after the terrorist attack in France. I was moved, not only by Sting's message and music, but by the courage it must have taken for the audience, family members of the victims among them, to return to a place where such horrific violence had taken place. It reminds me that there are still brave, good, and compassionate people in this world.
It also reminded me of happier times when I'd seen Sting in concert with friends--once with The Police, and once solo. He really is a phenomenal musician, and those were two of the best concerts I've ever seen in my life. I've always loved music and found comfort in it when I was feeling down, so maybe it's not surprising to find some comfort in it now.