If we don’t know how to mourn and rebuild, we are incentiviz...

If we don’t know how to mourn and rebuild, we are incentivized to keep the storms of our lives raging indefinitely. Staying locked in an eternal battle against the world is a good way to distract ourselves from the incredible vulnerability of existing within it.

by Heidi Priebe

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It is time to grieve and mourn the dead and believe in the power of renewal. If we do not embrace our grief, our sadness will come out sideways in unexpected forms of depression and violence.
from The Pall Of Our Unrest by Terry Tempest Williams
Jay Matthews added
Finding meaning in tragedy is a perennial human task, as is the task of remaking of the self. We must learn to do both while creating a new world. Grief is warranted. Fear is warranted. Pain is inevitable. But in so far as the future matters, learning must become our primary process.
from COVID-19: A War Broke Out In Heaven - Emerge by Zak Stein
Stuart Evans added
We are consumed by worries about what happened in the past and concerns about what could happen in the future. We focus on things that don’t matter in the here and now. We make futile attempts to address emotional issues with our rational mind. The life-affirming transformation we seek eludes us.
from The Burnout Antidote by Anne Berube
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from The Pall Of Our Unrest by Terry Tempest Williams

from COVID-19: A War Broke Out In Heaven - Emerge by Zak Stein

from The Burnout Antidote by Anne Berube