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Apr. 16th, 2007 10:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
walbournThe PBS series on America at a Crossroads is not easy to endure, but it's important to understand what is happening in our name. The Operation Homecoming show is particularly powerful. These stories are just amazingly moving.
One of the interviewees said something that really struck me. He said "I think there is a false notion that we all ought to recover from everything: divorce, a broken home, war [...] There are some things you shouldn't heal from [...] There is something to be said for not healing and remembering." I know he was referring to his experiences in Iraq, but I recall feeling something very similar years ago. It isn't "healthy" to feel that way, but it is perhaps very human to value a memory so highly that we won't let it fade even though it continues to bring us pain. I often wonder if that choice is in reality noble or selfish. I do know that once you make such a choice, it is hard to turn away from that path.
One of the interviewees said something that really struck me. He said "I think there is a false notion that we all ought to recover from everything: divorce, a broken home, war [...] There are some things you shouldn't heal from [...] There is something to be said for not healing and remembering." I know he was referring to his experiences in Iraq, but I recall feeling something very similar years ago. It isn't "healthy" to feel that way, but it is perhaps very human to value a memory so highly that we won't let it fade even though it continues to bring us pain. I often wonder if that choice is in reality noble or selfish. I do know that once you make such a choice, it is hard to turn away from that path.
