I learnt a big lesson about pain and suffering this week. Pain - both physical and emotional - is unavoidable in life, because we have a body. Emotional pain - in the form of sadness, grief, fear, anger or a messy combination of all these darker feelings - is damned uncomfortable but it’s actually nothing to be afraid of. If you are prepared to turn towards the pain with great compassion, to … [Read more...] about I hurt, therefore I am telling a story
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RIP Whitney – but the living need peace too
Yesterday, Whitney Houston was laid to rest, her family just beginning to grieve as her fans tied helium balloons outside the church in Newark where she once sang in the choir. Private grief versus public grief - two very different propositions. The public have “lost” someone they barely knew while family members are dealing with the profound sense of loss of a loved one. It’s … [Read more...] about RIP Whitney – but the living need peace too