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Daily Alchemy: a question to think on together
“When someone's grief seems too small or too big to you, what stops you from just letting them have it?”
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When a factory or plant shuts down, what do the workers there owe each other that the company never could?
A sudden plant closure triggers a form of grief. Some people get angry; others get quiet; some check out entirely. Because they have spent years working side-by-side, workers owe each other the grace to process that panic without judgment.... - Jorlis...
Capas de Horror, habitar una tragedia: El terremoto de Venezuela
¿Cómo describir lo que está pasando en Venezuela? Es una tarea imposible. La magnitud de esta tragedia es tan inmensa que cualquier intento por comprenderla termina siendo confuso y desorientador.... Grief work is essential to the adult psyche
I just finished a three day weekend grief ceremony and been practicing grief as a thing this past year. Obviously there's the failure case where you can get stuck in a loop around your trauma and grief.... - greyfaxs...
Love & Grief
unless you have loved deeply & grieved deeply over that loss, have you lived at all? if we are too busy anesthetizing our suffering in the name of responsibility & heroism, are we more concerned with ego or the loss?... - ballz2dwallz...
close. a friend of mine was ready to die. she had to hide to successfully kill herself without being rescued. which meant that i found her 10 days later after her body had started decomposing. what’s the cost to friends and family who discover the suicides?... - onYou’re doing sex wrong: What I wish everyone knew about the emotional presence, physical skill, and energetic magnitude of blissful, fulfilling sex.by
ooh yeah, earning love as a practice is an absolute bitch, because it seems to WORK, and when it's working, I believe that the earning/love correllation is strong even if the earning has nothing to do with the love for the other person.... - Shera JoyCry...
Very sorry for this loss, rest in peace Charlie Kirk Also, did not know anything bout Charlie Kirk and his politics until today. It is very sad that our world is as it is and am still grieving the Minnesota loss that have personal family connection (I did not know them, but my... - Florence...
Jordan, I am currently wrestling with waves of grief as I walk through a shadow course I’m doing. Your post couldn’t have come at a better time for me. I love what you’ve written here and as I far as I can feel - my grief has a warm feeling to it.... - Jorlis...
Hi Soul Search, Thank you for your response. I really love what you mention about the reframing belonging to me and that it is my story. You are right, finding this kind of realizations brings peace to my heart, but only after allowing the grief out...... A Personal Reflection on a Haunting Animation
Grief has sharpened my eyes to these symbols, there’s no denying that. The losses I’ve endured recently have left me raw and more attuned to themes of decay, absence, and inevitable collapse. Yet even accounting for that, the brilliance of this animation is undeniable.... - johnrblake...
- onThis morning I went to the funeral home and picked up my wife's ashes/remains, some certified death certificates & copies, and the thumbprint necklaces we ordered. Today was HARD, but it was another step forward. My heart goes out to anyone whose life has been touched by the horrible monster that is cancer.byrebel8869...
- onHow is it we can celebrate anything while human beings are still dying from drugs and homelessness? by
There was no help no where only more pain school abuse pain church abuse pain scouts abuse pain home abuse pain cops beating and pain time and time and time again .Almost everyone around me dies and is attacked in some wicked way. To the very present day .... - Jorlis...
Layers of Horror. Living Inside a Tragedy: The Earthquake in Venezuela
How do you describe what is happening in Venezuela? It feels like an impossible task. The scale of this tragedy is so immense that every attempt to make sense of it becomes confusing and overwhelming.... Father’s Day
A Father’s Day Lament — and a Father’s Day Crown Father’s Day was not born in a store aisle. It was born in the smoke of a West Virginia morning, when miners did not come home and children learned too early what “fatherless” meant....