Natural disasters, accidents, behavioral violence (murder, terrorism, etc.), structural violence (death from poverty, etc.)...
Today's bombing of Boston is just another reminder of the sick web of violence spread all over the world. Violence that can occur at any moment.
Thus reminding us just how fragile life is...
For anyone in distress, I have provided you with what I believe to be very soothing music.
It is the soundtrack of John Coffey's death in the film The Green Mile.
While that particular scene, and the overall story itself, is heart-breaking, I find the music that plays during it to be assuaging.
The music, combined with the comforting handshake that Paul Edgecomb (Tom Hanks) gives John Coffey (Michael Clarke Duncan), sings of connection and the reality that human beings and all other living things are connected. Whatever happens, we will never truly leave each other, and there's a solid chance something good is waiting for us on the other side.
