This beautifully-read story bravely confronted very difficult topics, such as denial of deep emotional pain by burying oneself in work and material wealth. In addition it delicately tries to relate to and heal someone suffering from a very deep state of depression, by offering commonly acceptable material comforts and therapy. It also deals with someone unable to come to terms with such intense grief, until they give up. Eventually the narrator describes a man who recognises his own deeply buried pain. The story then tells of him reaching out for help for the very first time and finding ways to cope while finding closure. It does not however attempt to offer the true comfort of Christian faith in the love of our Creator.
This beautifully-read story bravely confronted very difficult topics, such as denial of deep emotional pain by burying oneself in work and material wealth.
In addition it delicately tries to relate to and heal someone suffering from a very deep state of depression, by offering commonly acceptable material comforts and therapy.
It also deals with someone unable to come to terms with such intense grief, until they give up.
Eventually the narrator describes a man who recognises his own deeply buried pain.
The story then tells of him reaching out for help for the very first time and finding ways to cope while finding closure.
It does not however attempt to offer the true comfort of Christian faith in the love of our Creator.