A Choice to Remain Silent

Unfortunate events bring people to one of two choices, 1. Do I choose to follow what my heart and what the Savior would do or, 2. Do I choose to satisfy my troubled heart with more hurt and pain? The balance is fine and the line can sometimes be blurred affecting our judgment and our ability to see things for what they are. What is printed and what is payed out is all that is heard and seen and so, hastily, we assume that an injustice has occurred. But on the other side of the coin, those who have chosen to remain silent because of the genuine pain and sleepless nights relive the events over and over again. For all of the 7 times 70 good deeds that have been done 1 unfortunate event negates all before and after. So the swim against the current is overwhelming no matter which direction one is heading. For this very moment, I have seen the other side of the coin that I never knew could be so dividing. No one, who has not had such an experience, can know. And so, without all the facts, which only those involved in the unfortunate event can really and truly know, one cannot come to any honest conclusion. Everything else is at the very best, a calculated best guess. What ever is passed down is a feeble attempt to find justice.
One cannot discount the pain, the hurt and the sorrow which has been exacted upon family members. One cannot expect that it would ever fade as time goes on. One cannot know the loss one feels when a family member is taken in an unfortunate event, an accident. One cannot call for a redo on these occasions. But on this occasion, for this unfortunate event, one can look at the other side of the coin and appreciate the genuine sorrow and humility of those who choose to remain silent because anything said would result in further hurt and anguish. This much we want everybody to know, we pray for you, we love you and we support you. May our Heavenly Father's abiding love ever be with you, Paul and Lisa.