Thank you, Julia. I do believe it is our capacity to mourn – to grieve is what is at the center. And let's not forget that the other side of grief is gratitude. The grief/gratitude paradigm represents two profound sides of love. To abide here in grief and gratitude serves to increase our capacity to bear suffering – the suffering that is ours as well as the world's. We live in a culture where our capacity to grieve has atrophied. We have little capacity for grieving our own pain not to mention enduring the profound grief that awaits deep within our hearts for the pain we've inflicted on others including our children.
I love the idea of grief and gratitude as two expressions of love. And yes, to raising our capacity for grieving to a place where it moves us toward action. I so appreciate your work with the BreakBread World (https://www.breakbread.world/). They way it invites much needed repair when it comes to real-deal connection and intimacy and the capacity to hold whatever emotions/feelings need attention. Thanks so much for engaging with me here.
Thank you for this, Julia and for the work you do in the world. Before our infertility journey and the work we’ve done with you, I think I was pretty numb. Not just about the violence happening out there but the violence happening inside me. To answer your question, that’s what keeps me human, being a dad and everything I learned on the way here, and everything my daughter is teaching me every day.
Thank you, Julia. I do believe it is our capacity to mourn – to grieve is what is at the center. And let's not forget that the other side of grief is gratitude. The grief/gratitude paradigm represents two profound sides of love. To abide here in grief and gratitude serves to increase our capacity to bear suffering – the suffering that is ours as well as the world's. We live in a culture where our capacity to grieve has atrophied. We have little capacity for grieving our own pain not to mention enduring the profound grief that awaits deep within our hearts for the pain we've inflicted on others including our children.
I love the idea of grief and gratitude as two expressions of love. And yes, to raising our capacity for grieving to a place where it moves us toward action. I so appreciate your work with the BreakBread World (https://www.breakbread.world/). They way it invites much needed repair when it comes to real-deal connection and intimacy and the capacity to hold whatever emotions/feelings need attention. Thanks so much for engaging with me here.
Yes, that's what I think scared me most, facing the grief of knowing that I have hurt the people I love.
Thank you for this, Julia and for the work you do in the world. Before our infertility journey and the work we’ve done with you, I think I was pretty numb. Not just about the violence happening out there but the violence happening inside me. To answer your question, that’s what keeps me human, being a dad and everything I learned on the way here, and everything my daughter is teaching me every day.