You are not alone
There are no quick fixes to some of the problems which people can face. Sometimes they can seem even greater by the sense of isolation which they produce. Fear can close us in on ourselves. However,...
View ArticleWithin the heart
There are different wells within your heart. Some fill with each good rain, Others are far too deep for that. Hafiz Filed under: Inner Life, Loss Tagged: friendship, Gentleness, heart, Loss, love,...
View ArticleThrowing plates out the window
When I lived in Rome, New Year’s Eve was a noisy affair, with fireworks in most households and the old custom of throwing plates out of windows. This practice, more honoured nowadays in the South of...
View ArticleLearning from loss in our lives
A clear, cold night. Stars in the night sky. They are there, as they have been for people for millions of years, seemingly unchanging, but actually moving and evolving, just as we are. Surviving a loss...
View ArticleDo not look for answers
Do not now look for the answers. They cannot now be given to you because you could not live them. It is a question of experiencing everything. At present you need to live the question. Perhaps you will...
View ArticleHow to deal with the losses in our lives
In the Easter Story there are universal themes, such as the place of forgiveness in our lives, the role of hope when go through some things we cannot understand, the fight against abandonment and...
View ArticleEndings give rise to new beginnings
I know that when I struggle with the pain of any loss, the struggle preoccupies my mind and leaves no room for hope. However, when I recognize the pain I feel as the legitimate result of loss, I am...
View ArticleThe start of Autumn and letting go
Autumn is the season of reaping what has been sown and of things coming to fruition. Traditionally, it is also the period when one begins to wind down and celebrate the abundance and goodness of the...
View ArticleOn seeing changes in nature
The swallows are flying low over the fields and are more visible in noisy groups now. They prepare to depart, even though the weather is still very mild. I found it an interesting learning experience...
View ArticleLoss and love
The start of November is the start of Winter in the old Celtic calendar, and even if we follow a more universal way of marking time, there is no denying the shortening of the days and increasing...
View ArticleAbsence
We are asked to live in companionship with patterns and dynamics that are either disappearing, have not fully emerged or can never be fully named; patterns perhaps already changing into forms for...
View ArticleEndings
Everything is meant to be let go of. Meister Eckhart A little more from Rilke, because sometimes he says it best. Changes of direction and endings are an inevitable part of our lives, but can be...
View ArticleSunday Quote: Healing
To heal is to touch with love that which we previously touched with fear. Steven LevineFiled under: Loss Tagged: Acceptance, heart, impermanence, Ireland, Life, Loss, Meditation, Mindfulness
View ArticleLearning to let go, as life passes
What I mean to say is that you hear the Bat Kol (The Divine Voice). You hear this other deep reality singing to you all the time, and much of the time you can’t decipher it. Even when I was healthy, I...
View ArticleSilence
If we were not so single-minded about keeping our lives moving and for once could do nothing perhaps a huge silence might interrupt this sadness of never understanding ourselves and threatening...
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