REM Was Right

 

When your day is long
And the night, the night is yours alone
When you're sure you've had enough
Of this life, well hang on

Don't let yourself go
'Cause everybody cries
Everybody hurts sometimes

REM and Michael Stipe not only struck a musical chord with their 1992 hit, "Everybody Hurts" but a human chord as well. 

Everybody DOES hurt. 

if you sit down in a crowded bar and looked around, everyone there is hurting.  Everyone there carries a painful burden in their heart.  If you queried the patrons, some of the scars may not seem that deep to you but I guarantee, it's deep for them. 

I dated a girl a long time ago, who cried every time this song came on and all I could do was hold her and let her cry. 

I think this is why we bump around into other humans (either on purpose or by accident).  

So we can feel.  

So we can heal.  

The next time the scab is picked on your wound and you start to bleed again, please remember...don't let yourself go. 

Hold on. 

Hold on.