Love
does not win easily or immediately. Love is a force we enter into and
folks who want to join love's current must pledge their full courage,
participation and selves. We participate today by grieving. Grieving is
not passive. Grieving is a stopping. It is an active, brave surrender to
pain. It is the decision to be soft. To let it in. To allow ourselves
to feel it. Today we allow our hearts to break open, once again. We owe
that to each other.
Soon, what we've let in will transform to fuel and that fuel is what we'll burn to light up the world, once again. But this part matters. The still point. The still point is part of the process of love and love demands we honor her entire process. The pace of love is different for each, but don't skip the still point. Don't skip the sadness, the confusion, the horrible acceptance that this excrutiating pain - like love- is the truth down here. It is okay to have no answers. It is okay to say to your children: "I just don't know, baby. I just don't know. Sit close. I love you."
Attend a vigil. Stop with your family to pray. Light a candle at dinner. Give to Mother Emanuel. Just sit for a moment and send love. Send love. Love is what is needed today. Send love to someone you're struggling with. Don't allow a single seed of hate to grow inside of you. Honor those we lost by pruning your own heart of fear of other. Send love to Charleston and love those within your reach well tonight. Including yourself. Please. take tender care of your broken heart tonight.
Everything beautiful in this world begins with a broken heart.
When the world is loud, we must be quiet. When the world is hard, we must be soft. When the world is evil, we must, we must, we must be good.
Being Still in Naples.
G
Soon, what we've let in will transform to fuel and that fuel is what we'll burn to light up the world, once again. But this part matters. The still point. The still point is part of the process of love and love demands we honor her entire process. The pace of love is different for each, but don't skip the still point. Don't skip the sadness, the confusion, the horrible acceptance that this excrutiating pain - like love- is the truth down here. It is okay to have no answers. It is okay to say to your children: "I just don't know, baby. I just don't know. Sit close. I love you."
Attend a vigil. Stop with your family to pray. Light a candle at dinner. Give to Mother Emanuel. Just sit for a moment and send love. Send love. Love is what is needed today. Send love to someone you're struggling with. Don't allow a single seed of hate to grow inside of you. Honor those we lost by pruning your own heart of fear of other. Send love to Charleston and love those within your reach well tonight. Including yourself. Please. take tender care of your broken heart tonight.
Everything beautiful in this world begins with a broken heart.
When the world is loud, we must be quiet. When the world is hard, we must be soft. When the world is evil, we must, we must, we must be good.
Being Still in Naples.
G
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