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TWENTY WAYS TO MATTER
Excavate the truth beneath the truth beneath the truth —
the deeper you go, the simpler it gets:
the longing, love, insecurity, rage, loss —
all of it part of the same fabric,
all just a story
emerging from the quantum foam.
Move through the world
knowing that everyone around you
is doing the best they can,
that humanity is capable
of
biosphere?” Weller asks. He then quotes Naomi Nye’s beautiful lines: Before you know kindness as the deepest thing inside, you must know sorrow as the other deepest thing. You must wake up with sorrow. You must speak it till your voice catches the thread of all sorrows and you see the size of the cloth.
Francis Weller • The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief
How can squatters in the slums of Manila, villagers in rural Uganda, public housing residents in Chicago—or any one of us, for that matter—be returned to the dwelling place of God?
Kelly M. Kapic • Becoming Whole: Why the Opposite of Poverty Isn't the American Dream
It is the bittersweet embrace of love and loss that sharpens our appreciation for those we love. Staying open to this vulnerable truth is challenging, especially in a culture that keeps pushing grief to the margins. Sometimes, however, we cannot deny this guest at the door. I
Francis Weller • The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief
those of us who live in the West are conditioned to accept the notion of private pain. This cultural conditioning predisposes us to maintain a lock on our grief, shackling it in the smallest concealed place in our soul. In our isolation, we deprive ourselves of the very things that we require to stay emotionally vital: community, ritual, nature,
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