Sunday, October 20, 2019

Francis Weller On Grief and Gratitude

Thank you to my friend Robyn Shanti for this one. 
Powerful, beautiful, wise, and true.
Blessed be. Molly
 

 The Work of the Mature Person

The work of the mature person is to carry grief in one hand and gratitude in the other and to be stretched large by them.

How much sorrow can I hold? That’s how much gratitude I can give.

If I carry only grief, I’ll bend toward cynicism and despair.

If I have only gratitude, I’ll become saccharine and won’t develop much compassion for other people’s suffering.

Grief keeps the heart fluid and soft, which helps make compassion possible.

— Francis Weller
 

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