It seems to me that this debate about replaceability is artificial. One human being can never "replace" another. Each has an alloted time to become the individual he or she has the potential to become. There are frequently seen attempts to replace a lost loved one with another child, spouse, mentor, etc.
It seems to me that this debate about replaceability is artificial. One human being can never "replace" another. Each has an alloted time to become the individual he or she has the potential to become. There are frequently seen attempts to replace a lost loved one with another child, spouse, mentor, etc.
But loss is a part of life and the present is all we can be certain of. Each life brings a unique self and when we lose someone we grieve their place in our lives and the meaning they have brought to our
lives. I hope we honor and respect all life, young and old, healthy and sick and disabled. We cannot afford to measure value by condition or age. People are never fungible although there are figures in history who behaved as though they were. Perhaps it was easier to make decisions by looking at persons as replaceable.
It seems to me that this debate about replaceability is artificial. One human being can never "replace" another. Each has an alloted time to become the individual he or she has the potential to become. There are frequently seen attempts to replace a lost loved one with another child, spouse, mentor, etc.
But loss is a part of life and the present is all we can be certain of. Each life brings a unique self and when we lose someone we grieve their place in our lives and the meaning they have brought to our
lives. I hope we honor and respect all life, young and old, healthy and sick and disabled. We cannot afford to measure value by condition or age. People are never fungible although there are figures in history who behaved as though they were. Perhaps it was easier to make decisions by looking at persons as replaceable.