“Tears are a river that takes you somewhere…Tears lift your boat off the rocks, off dry ground, carrying it downriver to someplace better.”
― Clarissa Pinkola Estés
What helps you to cry and release grief?
Hollow
Grief can feel like being hollowed out inside, made empty and insubstantial with the loss of what mattered so deeply. So much of who we are is made up of the people, places and things we love.
What are you grieving?
Be a Unicorn
You can’t be a cat or a dolphin or a llama. Those roles are already taken. But what’s to stop you from being a unicorn?
What about you that is different from the norm do you cherish?
Seeing Our Neighbors
“If we are to love our neighbors, before doing anything else we must see our neighbors. With our imagination as well as our eyes, that is to say like artists, we must see not just their faces but the life behind and within their faces. Here it is love that is the frame we see them in.”
― Frederick Buechner
How have you used your imagination to connect with someone you didn’t know well?
Room to Grow
There is always room to grow. Whether there is enough water is often dicier.
What constrains your imagination?