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I have been thinking a lot of my brother Daniel, who died 13 years ago. The stark New Mexico landscape that I am visiting, helps me connect on a visceral level to what I feel inside. Feeling stripped bare of all outward essentials, I can touch upon grief in its raw form. Grief as a grace bestowed upon me although I did not deserve it. This is how grace works, it is never deserved. It comes and as it is already free of conditionality, it lands lightly and freely like a hummingbird that actually once did land on my finger. What did I do to make anything happen I wonder? My brother died and I couldnt do anything to stop it. I was powerless and also undeveloped in my heart to know how to turn towards something rather than away. Daniels death continues to teach me how to turn towards life in all its nuance. Not wanting to avoid or miss anything, I am falling in love with the nitty gritty. To me this is the functioning of grace on a heart that yearns to be touched. Reality bites by Susanne Marie
Posted on: Tue, 05 Aug 2014 22:28:50 +0000

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