Please pause…

This reflection was inspired by a news story about a woman who took her life in a skydiving accident the day after her boyfriend broke up with her. I understand despair, I really do, but this is so heartbreaking on so many levels. She wasn’t always going to feel so broken. Life may have brought healing, a rekindled love, even greater joy. But we’ll never know, because for her, death felt like the only option.

It’s a reminder of how fragile our perspective can be when grief, heartbreak, or despair takes over. And it’s also a reminder to hold space for others, and ourselves, because what feels unbearable today might, with time, give way to hope we cannot yet see.