I don’t know who wrote this short bit of wisdom, but it popped into my mind the first time Laura mentioned Risk-a-Day to me, so I searched until I found it.
To laugh
is to risk appearing a fool.
To weep
is to risk appearing sentimental.
To reach out for another
is to risk involvement.
To expose feelings
is to risk [...]
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Living Into New Skin
Well, I did it. I actually submitted an article for publication.
I’ve thought about doing this, talked about doing this, imagined myself doing this for years and suddenly one day last October, I did it. I’m not sure what made the difference. I had just given a presentation telling about my experience of grief over the [...]
Being Safe
Our daughter was a Peace Corps volunteer and served 2 years and 3 months in Niger, West Africa. She lived in a little village by herself in the midst of a loving community of poverty-stricken people. She had no running water, no electricity, no trash pick-up, no grocery store, no medical care, no [...]
The Honesty of Grief
Sometimes folks who love us grow weary with our grief over losing a loved one and want us to be “better” before we are able. There is cultural pressure to “be strong” and “be okay” . It takes patience and inner strength to continue leaning into the sadness in order to heal from deep within. [...]