“It is a strange thing that the human species can only go three days without water and three weeks without food, before the body dies. Yet, so many people can go years hanging onto pain and feeling emotionally dead inside. I suppose if it was the other way around more people would go to school to be morticians because of the booming business, or pastors would have to hand out Valium with the sacrament, just to keep the census high.” HumorPainWaterCompassionLetting GoSurvivalAngerAdversityMadTrialsDenialResentmentDistrustAnnoyedStaying PositiveStages Of GriefValiumFrustrationsRescuesHarboring ResentmentTicked Off Author:Shannon L. Alder