Grief Spills at the Energetic Heart

The natural world doesn't make things that aren't useful. Even painful things - fires and floods and every kind of death - support abundance. We are part of nature. What if the world needs our grief like it needs every other naturally occurring thing? What if keeping grief inside robs the ecosystem of something vital and nourishing? What if letting grief out is generous?

At this gathering we'll each take a few minutes to spill our grief in whatever way feels right. We might talk about a thing that happened or is happening, things that are missing or out-staying their welcome. We might talk about things we expected and did not receive or things we didn't expect and did receive. When one of us is making their offering the rest will listen and witness. We will practice letting out the things that so often we are told to hide, made to make nice, expected to forget. We will practice this together with kindness, gentleness in community together.