“You are not alone across time.”
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“You are not alone across time.”
Being human is hard, especially in a society virtually devoid of rituals that are intended to help us wade through the waters of living intact. When we accumulate too much grief or feel outside the circle of welcome for too long and cannot see any means to resolve the breach, we spin toward depression or wander into the wasteland of toxic
... See moreFrancis Weller • The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief
I never would have thought that raw, searing grief and sorrow could bring out the most tender, generous, compassionate, and loving sides of total strangers. It was exquisite. I will carry this with me for the rest of my life. I saw in the darkest corners of our pain and grief, something very beautiful. Suffering compels us to reach. When you find a
... See moreFrancis Weller • The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief
Voyagers move through the liminal with at least some sense of what it is. They travel with their eyes open to the suffering and tragedy the pandemic has brought. The voyage through the liminal and in so doing grapple with the profound change that must now happen to birth something new, so that we don’t return to an economic system and cultural... See more
Alexander Beiner • Traversing the Underworld: What Myth can Teach us During the Pandemic
You have to turn now to all the other wounded people around you, and find a way to connect with them,7 and build a home with these people—a place where you are bonded to one another and find meaning in your lives together. We have been tribeless and disconnected for so long now. It’s time for us all to come home.
Johann Hari • Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression – and the Unexpected Solutions
We are anxious. We are scared. There is no place to run. There is no place to hide. There is only our love and grief to hold us in the terror of all we are seeing, sensing, denying. We can’t touch the source of our despair because we can’t touch each other. And so we retreat inside when everything outside is screaming. We are sitting in rooms... See more