i’ve struggled with feeling my feelings about the difficult things in our world, i think because i haven’t been taught how to process collective grief. i assume i am not alone in this.
maybe there’s a warm inner place we can all reach into... and inside we could hold others, and allow ourselves to be held
Hi Ashton and thanks for your note, and for reading. I'm glad it feels like a way into a feeling of togetherness, and being held—and, I hope you won't mind a gentle nudge that I really wanted us all to be held AND to think through how that being held can help us find action.
I don't at all mean to prescribe what you take from this post, but I feel compelled to clarify that my main point was to help us locate and name when and where our grief (and even our guilt) can point to us where and when and how we can be part of the revolution, part of the evolution, part of something better than this world we find ourselves in. Thank you !
thanks for additional nudge, laura :) there is a natural tendency to find oneself on their heels in passivity when pushed beyond one’s capabilities of processing, but we can shift our weight forward again and find that next step in the direction we desire. i like your discovery of our grief and guilt as pathways to uncovering that agency and direction
beautiful prompting. thank you.
i’ve struggled with feeling my feelings about the difficult things in our world, i think because i haven’t been taught how to process collective grief. i assume i am not alone in this.
maybe there’s a warm inner place we can all reach into... and inside we could hold others, and allow ourselves to be held
Hi Ashton and thanks for your note, and for reading. I'm glad it feels like a way into a feeling of togetherness, and being held—and, I hope you won't mind a gentle nudge that I really wanted us all to be held AND to think through how that being held can help us find action.
I don't at all mean to prescribe what you take from this post, but I feel compelled to clarify that my main point was to help us locate and name when and where our grief (and even our guilt) can point to us where and when and how we can be part of the revolution, part of the evolution, part of something better than this world we find ourselves in. Thank you !
thanks for additional nudge, laura :) there is a natural tendency to find oneself on their heels in passivity when pushed beyond one’s capabilities of processing, but we can shift our weight forward again and find that next step in the direction we desire. i like your discovery of our grief and guilt as pathways to uncovering that agency and direction