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November 17, 2010





How do we find meaning in tragedy?

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Kato44 : May 17, 2012 02:42 am
Womens T-shirt : May 12, 2012 01:57 am
We can't be afraid to grieve. To begin to find any meaning in a tragedy, we must acknowledge the loss and let it flood us. Womens T-shirt
Emma : June 16, 2011 12:14 pm
We can't be afraid to grieve. To begin to find any meaning in a tragedy, we must acknowledge the loss and let it flood us.
Kevin : February 08, 2011 03:20 pm
I can really relate to what Demetrio was saying because from a really young age my parents have always exposed me to death by taking me to wakes and funerals of friends and family even when I was small and this has given me the ability to confront that awful reality of existence.
Musa : December 18, 2010 09:10 am
great storytelling. thank you
Ericka : December 02, 2010 02:26 pm
We start to heal by figuring out what that person's life has meant to us, and why their going from here to there will make us worry or sad. Then, we allow ourselves to remember, because the gulf that exists between you and another person will heal in mighty ways when you learn and recount how you first met someone and what you knew might happen to them when you met them. I met Aunt Donna one time when I was a little girl, and I just knew that she would pass of health related complications at an early age. In addition, my friend Mike lived a very worrisome lifestyle, and he succumbed to gun violence at an early age. Finally, my Aunt Marie was so old but she had a relationship working with everybody and the children they'd had. Now, I wonder how I might go, though I hope its for a really long time and of natural causes. The boy in this video is an example of being in the hands of someone else, when life has not taught all its lessons. I hope I can be of some help to many while I am still on this earth.
Sarah : December 01, 2010 09:21 pm
"A silent raging shriek" I understand. Thank you for expressing it so clearly
Abby Alpert : November 18, 2010 08:38 pm
When I was growing up death was not spoken about much, leaving people alone with their grief. Demetrio's story presents such a different response, one that he learned from and was inspired by the music. It was very moving to listen to him and to contemplate how a calling may come from tragedy.
Dorothee Royal : November 18, 2010 11:28 am
Demetrio is such a beautiful storyteller. Powerful.
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