Today while taking a personal deep dive through several big questions surrounding my life (as I often do), a specific Why question that I previously posted came up. The question was Why has no one ever told me everything is going to be okay. This sparked some additional pondering, some of which was – Why don’t I tell myself Everything is going to be okay?

Thinking through this also made me wonder:

• Why would I expect anyone to say these words to me if I haven’t made it evident that I am anything but “okay”? After all we don’t know what we don’t know.
• Are others already telling me Everything is going to be okay in other ways and I just don’t see it?

Delving into this topic I think there are some other questions that bubble up for me. It makes me think about empathy and if that is something that can only be given but not asked for in order to remain pure. The thought also occurred to me that maybe there are acts that replace verbal words of empathy, such as a hug, holding someone’s hand, or touching someone on the arm and shoulder to let them them know. All good questions. I’m not exactly sure what the answer is but I will revisit this.