3-2-1: On the source of inspiration, the bond between love and grief, and the power of hope

Yet we can attend to such wounds. We can learn to hold space for the presence of shadow and sorrow. Learning how to live with the pain of my mother’s illness and her subsequent absence has informed my life’s work with both the living and the dying. If I am wise and capable enough to skillfully integrate the painful emotions stirred by her loss, I c

You might say grief is the price you pay for loving something or someone, but it is also a privilege, because it is what allows authentic beauty—which isn’t always pretty, but is always truthful—to find its way through you. And this beauty medicine is what the world needs most to heal.