In an intimate and touching essay, Richard Steele speaks on the impact of sorrow and its rightful demand to be felt. At age five Steele experiences sorrow for the first time when his father passes away. Steele ascribes his pitying nature to his mother’s grief that seemingly seized the home and him, at such a young, impressionable age. Reflecting upon his “unmanly gentleness of mind”, Steele continues, stating that it has brought him many problems but in contrast, it has also given him a higher regard for the softness of humanity. Similarly, Steele claims that being older in age allows him to reflect on the strength of his past, a valuable skill in times of sorrow like death. Using military men as an example Steele explains that depending on
