A/N: Just a quick reminder that this is set in SEASON NINE, before Arizona cheats on Callie!
“When it rains it pours. Maybe the art of life is to convert tough times to great experiences: we can choose to hate the rain or dance in it.” - Joan Marques
You’ve probably heard the idiom, “when it rains, it pours.” At Grave Stone Memorial, formerly Seattle Grace Mercy Death Hospital, the idiom always seemed to be true (no pun intended). This was the place where bad things happened, time and time again.
Life is historically full of ups and downs. We often wonder why bad things happen to good people. Why some people’s lives are topped with all the devastation, and why it seems like nothing bad ever happens to some people. “Life is supposed to make sense,” said no one ever. Life is as complicated as the bad events that happen to us during our journey.
“Life is a journey, not a destination,” said Ralph Waldo Emerson. All humans being arrive at the same destinations one day: death. You’ve probably heard someone in your life say, “We live and then we die.” When a person dies, a common question is “How did they die?” You never hear someone ask at a funeral, “How did they live?” In retrospect, though, how a person died isn’t what is important. What really matters is how they lived; the difference they made while they walked the Earth. Some people go through so much more than others during their life’s journey. Some people have easier lives, and others don’t. It’s the ones who have to struggle throughout their life’s journey who become models for the rest of us. They’re the ones who make it into high school history books. They are the ones who become our heroes.
“If there’s a crisis, you don’t freeze, you move forward. You get the rest o...
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...at you cheated on your husband? Not everyone knows you like I do. I know you’d never cheat on Derek, and Derek is a fucking idiot to even jump to that conclusion, though it’s not his fault. He’s been cheated on in the past. I’ll take you to the airport, Mer, but running away from this isn’t going to help.”
There was a moment of silence. Meredith felt the urge to run, but she didn’t know where to go, and she didn’t want to be alone tonight.
“Guess you don’t know me as well as you thought you did,” replied Meredith bitterly. “I’m not running away from my problems. I’m looking for my daughter. Derek took her, and he won’t reply to my texts or calls. Alex, he has family on the east coast. I--I--think he could take her there.” Alex’s eyes widened and he pulled out his cell phone. “What are you doing?” she let out a gasp.
“Calling your husband,” Alex replied bluntly.
What we sometimes forget is that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. Likewise, every time someone dies, another is born. Every time a marriage ends in divorce, a newlywed couple celebrates their honeymoon somewhere else in the world. The world is in a constant state of renewal. So why do we only notice the bad things?
Loss and How We Cope We all deal with death in our lives, and that is why Michael Lassell’s “How to Watch Your Brother Die” resonates with so many readers. It confronts the struggles of dealing with death. Lassell writes the piece like a field guide, an instruction set for dealing with death, but the piece is much more complex than its surface appearance. It touches on ideas of acceptance, regret, and misunderstanding, to name a few. While many of us can identify with this story, I feel like the story I brought into the text has had a much deeper and profound impact.
What do the following words or phrases have in common: “the last departure,”, “final curtain,” “the end,” “darkness,” “eternal sleep”, “sweet release,” “afterlife,” and “passing over”? All, whether grim or optimistic, are synonymous with death. Death is a shared human experience. Regardless of age, gender, race, religion, health, wealth, or nationality, it is both an idea and an experience that every individual eventually must confront in the loss of others and finally face the reality of our own. Whether you first encounter it in the loss of a pet, a friend, a family member, a neighbor, a pop culture icon, or a valued community member, it can leave you feeling numb, empty, and shattered inside. But, the world keeps turning and life continues. The late Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computers and of Pixar Animation Studios, in his 2005 speech to the graduating class at Stanford, acknowledged death’s great power by calling it “the single best invention of Life” and “Life’s great change agent.” How, in all its finality and accompanying sadness, can death be good? As a destination, what does it have to teach us about the journey?
Katy Hutchison opened to viewers with two heart felt stories during her Ted Talk. In her opening, she states lots of experiences will happen in life whether it be great or bad. She believes that when it them becomes a time in one’s life where a mess happens then there’s a moral responsibility to clean up the mess no matter the means. In the process, if cleaning the problem one may realize that they’ve been standing next to the person who created the mess. In the moment of realization, you’ll begin to feel the amount of possibility. What I gained from her message was that life has its up and down. While you’re up life is great, and everything goes as for as planned. You look forward to the next day because you know it going to be great. But,
person lives the more apparent the truth of demise. With birth comes pain; with living comes
Life is a journey, a cycle. We start somewhere and end somewhere, we are on a round trip. We experience different seasons and grow both physically and mentally. But some point in life all of us realize that we want last, live forever. From a very early age on we are being told that we all one day will pass away and be buried in the ground. The short story:”A Journey”, written by Colm Tóibin, takes us on a journey together with a young boy called David and his mother Mary.
The question ‘Why do bad things happen to good people?’ brings to mind the accident I was in on July 17, 2010. About an hour prior to the accident I had given a ride to a lady that lived in the shelter with me. In fact, I was
His phone rings. “Hello? No, I don’t care. I told you we are getting counseling. No, we are going to see a Psychiatrist today. Our first appointment. Throw it away. She’s with me now. Interesting, hmm we can work with that. Thanks for the info.”
It’s 10:30am and Janice, Alex’s mother, receives a phone call. “Hi Janice, this is Mrs. Smith calling with regards to Alex. Yes, he isn’t having a good day. He has been very disruptive this morning. We tried calling down Alex’s older sister to calm him down, and to talk to him, but he wouldn’t calm down. Would you please come and get him?”
“Yeah, she’s probably wondering where the hell I am. How come I haven’t come home yet? She’s probably wondering what’s more important to me, my career or her and the kids. While she waits, I sit here with my duty to a career that will be officially over after this, and even if it’s not, I think now I want it to be.”
Many individuals have different aspects as to how life should be valued. Some individuals live life a day at a time while attempting to make the most as if their last breath was upcoming. In a Stanford Commencement in 2005, Apple CEO Steve Jobs quo...
In conclusion, everything happens for a reason even though sometimes does not end well but when it has a positive ending I see as a miracle. That reminds me of a saying, “Live well, love much and laugh often.” Reason to think about life lessons we face in this world we live in.
However, every moment we have on this earth is precious and it is our choice to make the most of it. As Carter and Edward learned that they had little time left , they reflected back on their lives and the achievements they had made. According, to Erikson's stages of psychosocial development, these two men look back with despair and strive to escape the harsh truth, death. However, as they embark on the adventure of a lifetime, they soon realize that rather than escaping the inevitable, the importance of life is the joy that we share with others. In the end, these two men died with a sense of integrity and reached the final stage of death, acceptance. Even though they were not able to achieve their lifelong dreams, they lived a life filled with love and wholesomeness. In the end, death is part of reality, and we all must come to terms with it, “we love, we die, and the wheels on the bus go round and
Since the day the first man was created and then destroyed, a theory about life has been made. Everyday people take their lives for granted. But after they have faced mortal loss or life-threatening situations, their attitude towards life changes. They soon come to understand that the gift of life is to be appreciated and not taken for granted. Yulisa Amadu Maddy and T.S. Eliot are two writers who through their literature prove that death can change a person’s outlook on life.
People don't truly accept life for what it is until they've actually tasted adversity and went through those misfortunes and suffering. We are put through many hardships in life, and we learn to understand and deal with those issues along the way. We find that life isn't just about finding one's self, but about creating and learning from our experiences and background. Adversity shapes what we are and who we become as individuals. Yann Martel's Life of Pi shows us that adverse situations help shape a person's identity and play a significant role in one's lief by determining one's capabilities and potential, shaping one's beliefs and values, and defining the importance and meaning of one's self.