"The heart that breaks open can contain the whole universe.... All is registered in the "boundless heart" of the bodhisattva. Through our deepest and innermost responses to… Read more "Beautiful words from Joanna Macy and Matthew Fox"
Tag: suffering
Suffering… when you are not in control and you know it!
How difficult it is to be a man and know that I am not in control. I want to fix so badly. In these days when Kat and I are really trying to learn about self-care and staying healthy for the baby, and struggling in our attempts, this lesson of control is so real. It is such an effort for me to call on that place of love and acceptance, of calm, patience, and breath. Presence remains… personal, loving, healing. And my prayers go there, and go there, and go there, and go there. Breathe, breathe, breathe… remember.
Anger in suffering – from Walter Wangerin
From Mourning into Dancing Everyone’s grief goes its own course, and if you feel no resentment at all, God bless you! But if the anger does rise…… Read more “Anger in suffering – from Walter Wangerin”