Fridays I usually post a poem- but today I offer this small poetic piece of prose that someone sent to me about the difficulty & necessity of allowing ourselves to be broken open, transformed. When we face a heart-breaking loss we understandably resist. And yet. . . to continue, as Leon Weiseltier points out in this passage, we must meet transformation with transformation, must let life create the change in us that will allow us to continue aligned with Life. There are circumstances that must shatter; and if you are not shattered, then you have not understood your circumstances. In such circumstances, it is a failure for your heart not to break. And it is pointless to put up a fight, for a fight will blind you to the opportunity that has been presented by your misfortune. Do you wish to persevere pridefully in the old life? But it is no longer available to you. It has been carried away, irreversibly. So there is only one thing to be done. Transformation must be met with transformation. Where there was the old life, let there be the new life. Do not preserve. Dignify the shock. Sink, so as to rise. by Leon Weiseltier, from his book, Kaddish
Posted on: Fri, 06 Jun 2014 13:00:00 +0000
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