Hang In There, Even As You Cope With Loss.
For those of us dealing with so much loss, can we master our grief?
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death
The Stillness Of This Precious Night.
My deer have been here. I spy their tracks at the foot of the balcony. I missed them this evening. Oftentimes I catch them quietly by the edge of the porch, feeding from bushes full of berries and greens. When I see them, I toss gigantic organic green apples to them. They like it here with me.
The End… Of The Beginning.
And when I had expelled all of my prejudices, my disdain and my failures, I then sat up and heaved forth every needle pinch to skin and each bleed of my heart. When I opened my mouth, with head held back, as that of a woman, crazed, I wailed and then let out my breath and fell back, destroyed.
How The War In Syria Correlates To The War Within Our Wombs.
The Buddhist level of compassion would be changing ourselves so entirely that we can sit with and accept the threat of terrorism and see it for what it is. The biggest mistake we could make is to react in the face of fear and anger. The biggest mistake we could make is to believe the lies we ...
The Dark Side Of Being Full Of Light.
You can sort of sense it, when you meet someone authentic. They’re tapped into this. They’re unafraid of being a hot mess. Of being too much. Of having a vulnerability hangover.
Why Staying Present With Loss Is An Act Of Devotion.
I did not engage in this practice to prove something to myself or anyone else. I was not interested in flexing my spiritual muscles. I did it for Jenny. My willingness to stay present through this process was an act of devotion. By leaning into the horror and yielding to the sorrow, by ...
Re-Wild. {poetry}
Jump again from moving buses; dive again to swirling depths
rise again from your own ashes; die again a hundred deaths.
For the wildness inside you will never perish; I only tire, then surge afresh.
I Believe In Life Before Death.
Many people, very early on, settle into a relationship out of fear, weakness, complacency, a lack of self-worth or understanding... the list goes on.
4 Things That I Learnt When My Mother, Father And Brother Died In My Twenties.
People are more concerned with how their life looks than how their life feels. I’m conscious of how much time I spend texting, emailing or checking social media. I have regular internet breaks and detoxes. Social media is a time vacuum. I don’t know about you, but I want to appreciate life and ...
The Gifts Of Grief.
My boyfriend, Drew Weston, lost his fight with addiction from a heroin overdose on March 6, 2015. He was 24. The way we were when we were together, and the way we felt about each other, was more than just your standard boyfriend/girlfriend scenario.