Category: Healing Grief

Open the door

by Karen Lang, posted in Finding Deep Happiness, Healing Grief, Making a difference, Understanding and Listening to ourselves, Understanding Fear

 

“This being human is a guest house. Every morning is a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor.

Welcome and entertain them all. Treat each guest honorably. The dark thought, the shame, the malice, meet them at the door laughing, and invite them in.

Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond.” Rumi

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Healing many layers

by Karen Lang, posted in Finding Deep Happiness, Healing Grief, Healing our Bodies, How to let go of Guilt, Letting go of stress, Making a difference

In the end
these things matter most:
How well did you love?
How fully did you live?
How deeply did you let go?”  Gautama Buddha

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Hope and Love

by Karen Lang, posted in Healing Grief, Healing our Bodies, Knowing there is more, Knowing you are enough, Letting go of stress, Understanding Fear

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The gift

by Karen Lang, posted in Death, Finding Deep Happiness, Healing Grief, Knowing there is more

Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness.

It took me years to understand that this, too, was a gift.” – Mary Oliver – Thirst

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Removing the Barriers

by Karen Lang, posted in Death, Healing Grief, Making a difference, Understanding and Listening to ourselves, Understanding Fear

 “We may be floating on Tao, but there is nothing wrong with steering. If Tao is like a river, it is certainly good to know where the rocks are.”  – Deng Ming-Dao

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