Everything is going well, everything is normal, and suddenly… (Chán!!!!, says Jaime opening his arms and showing surprise). And you are not prepared, nobody has warned you that something like this could happen. First you have to swallow it, then get organized and then there is everything else. Sometimes it happens from the beginning, other times by accident, other times at the end… in any case it seems inevitable to expect that, at some point, something can go wrong. But if you think that this is a continuum and that you are part of something that is bigger than you, things may make sense again and you may be able to overcome the conflict that has arisen between reality and your desires. Many times things are not as we want and many times we do not have the possibility to change them. All we have left is our freedom to decide how to face them.
…thinking of those who have experienced something close to them (autism, Alzheimer's, Down syndrome, etc.)
Javier Martinez Erdozain
May 25, 2019