It is not easy to be human. It is especially difficult to keep our hearts open when there is deep personal, national, and global pain, loss, trauma, and suffering within our world and our own hearts. This is where our capacity to hold grief is so deeply important.
Knowing that we humans all fall somewhere on the continuum of open-heartedness, the strength of our connection with our hearts, our Self, our Sacred core truly matters. Because the inner is a reflection of the outer. And whether we are aware of this or not, the joy and the suffering of others is also ours. This interrelationship with all of life illuminates a larger picture beyond our own personal pain. We absorb and are impacted by what is happening within and beyond ourselves, both the joys and the sorrows.
And thus I am moved to share this beautiful poem on grief by Mary Oliver.
Today and everyday, may our internal and external systems of support grow and expand. May we experience the strength that is found in the gentleness and tenderness of our hearts. In the midst of darkness, may we also remember beauty and joy and compassion and love. We are all related, all family, all in this together. 💗 Molly
No comments:
Post a Comment