I learned today that Human beings are a lot stronger than I thought they were less than a week ago.
On wednesday I found out that a six week old baby close to me died of Cot Death. His parents were obviously distraught when I went to see them that day. I wondered how or even if they'd recover such a massive emotional loss.
Four days on, and three days before the funeral, I realised that we humans are able to cope with a lot more than I initially gave us credit for. Despite the natural sadness at losing a child, they were coping and coping well. The scene I imagined was far from reality. There was a small sense of normality back in the air (albeit a 'new' normality) and I learned that its true when they say time is a great healer. Soon, the family will readjust and life will go on.
Maybe it's because I've never been in such a situation that I couldn't work out how others would cope with such a massive loss. What I do know now for sure is that I underestimated the practical power of the complex human mind & its emotions.
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