Hi Paul!

What a very lucky friend to have someone like you concerned for his/her situation.

I watched "Touched by An Angel" tonight with Katherine, and its message is relevant to your friend.

The lead "angel", Monica, who is played by Roma Downey, falls prey to the Anger Virus that is spread like wild fires to humans. What starts as just a drop of water turns into a trickle which turns into a creek, stream, river, and soon is an unstoppable flood of anger that is inadvertantly passed from person to person causing torrential damage by the lives caught in its wake!

The anger of one man literally knocked Monica out.

Her partner in Angel-dom, Tess, who is played by Della Reese, whispers to Monica to observe what happened, since when Angels fall, there is always a reason and a lesson to be learned.

Which brings me to your friend's situation.

What is the lesson to be learned?

Are there extenuating circumstances causing a distortion of the facts?

What is one tiny step he/she can take towards getting up out of the whole into which there may seem to be no escape from at the current time?

What were the precursers to the downward spiraling and how could this be prevented from occuring again?

This is when those journaling tools Sandy suggested would come in handy, as well as some of the other techniques mentioned in the other's posts.

Lots of valuable information, Paul, hope your friend comes over to Dien's terrific resource here at SowPub and takes a look!

With Purpose and Passion,

JULIE




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