I have been painfully aware of my broken places lately. The places that I am told will eventually heal and become stronger than before. This week is the week my cousin and I had thrown around for my when baby shower would be. I am sure it would have been lovely.
I was listening to a talk on iTunes U about the connection between music, the brain and grief. It was really interesting and this one particular section really moved me- " The lessons that come from grief come from its unexpected moves, from its shifting views from what has gone before and what is yet to come. Pain brought so often into ones consciousness cannot maintain the same capacity to wound. Grief conspires in order to insure it will wear itself out."
I have been doing some grief meditations lately. Taking a couple of minutes to be present with my pain, with my grief. I usually fall asleep somewhere in the middle of it- but I totally get a good couple of minutes in! Just like with any practice poco a poco...
"Grief is like a winding valley where any bend may reveal a totally new landscape"- CS Lewis
Here are some things to check out
http://motherswhohavelostachild.com/2012/the-broken-places/
iTunes U Music and the Brain Podcast- the one on grief is great
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