Brick in your pocket

January 8, 2011

Some people may think yesterday’s Storypeople post on loss is an unrealistic, Pollyanna-ish way to look at it.
Grief is a heavy weight that’s always with us.
Something we all know, because loss is universal.

I’m reminded of dialogue in the movie, Rabbit Hole, when Becca asks her mother, who also lost a son, if the pain ever goes away. Her
mother responds:

“At some point it becomes bearable.
It turns into something you can crawl out from under,
and carry around—like a brick in your pocket.
And you forget it every once in a while,
but then you reach in for whatever reason
and there it is:
`Oh right. That.’”

{Rabbit Hole is a powerful new movie starring Nicole Kidman, who was superb. On loss and grief, the movie was originally a play written by David Lindsay-Abaire. I’m told that the play had quite a bit more humor than the movie, which isn’t as light. Highly recommend.}

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