What treatment is offered by ear in an emergency?
Words of comfort.
Perhaps an impossible standard two days after the killing of 28 (most of them six and seven year olds) in a Connecticut grammar school.
Can any words treat the rawness? Even the president was appropriately speechless.
All I hear is the universe whispering the same encouragement it delivers in my ear with every violent surprise.
But that’s not necessarily today. For those of us healing in the protective arms of shock, perhaps the best those words can mean is simply be real.
Pay attention, beloved.Those three words can mean many things once immobilization softens. Be present. Hold loose your masks. Embrace “what is” and let your heart break. Don’t try to get over it, but rather be willing to be made more––gradually, lovingly, as your life unfolds.
But that’s not necessarily today. For those of us healing in the protective arms of shock, perhaps the best those words can mean is simply be real.
Pay attention, beloved.
Thank you for your words, your direction. At this moment I'm so sad for our loss, for those who are riddled with pain and loss and other emotions I will not know personally.
Posted by: | 12/16/2012 at 09:41 AM
The deeper we feel - the deeper we heal.
Posted by: Tom Brady | 12/17/2012 at 04:21 AM