you are not alone over there honey
I shared these words a few years ago, and I'm feeling deeply moved to share them again.
A prayer in the form of a quote from a wise man from my favorite show, The West Wing:
“This guy’s walking down the street when he falls in a hole. The walls are so steep he can’t get out. A doctor passes by and the guy shouts up, ‘Hey you. Can you help me out?’ The doctor writes a prescription, throws it down in the hole and moves on. Then a priest comes along and the guy shouts up, ‘Father, I’m down in this hole can you help me out?’ The priest writes out a prayer, throws it down in the hole and moves on. Then a friend walks by, ‘Hey, Joe, it’s me can you help me out?’ And the friend jumps in the hole. Our guy says, ‘Are you stupid? Now we’re both down here.’ The friend says, ‘Yeah, but I’ve been down here before and I know the way out.’”
- John Spencer as Leo McGarry on The West Wing (Season 2, Episode 10)
You are not alone over there honey.
liz lamoreux
Reader Comments (5)
I LOVE this.
Liz, Thank you for sharing. I feel so alone in my corner of the world always. It seems every body who thinks like me is on the web and there is no one out there in my real world corner who practices creativity and art and thinks like me. Thanks for being there.
this really hit a chord within me , I've sent it to my friends and family who seem very far away at times .....
Beautiful. I think a lot of us feel alone. Life sometimes feels as if we're each in our own hole. But you're right, we're not alone. Thank you for sharing this.
first month in college... Missing home and feeling like I don't have anyone to help me when I'm not feeling myself. I need to remember that I have friends that would jump in the hole with me!