If we can’t feel into the heart of grief, we can’t truly move on to experience hope and joy. We can’t be present to what is now, and what is next, because we are bound by the loss and sorrow that holds us to the past. Grief has to flow. It has to be carried, not just by you, but by the others with you, by your community, until it transforms to the next rightful calling of your heart to action. . Sharon Weil
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It is said that if you cannot feel into the heart of grief you cannot truly move on to experience hope and joy. When you are bound to sorrow, it takes so much effort to even think about moving on to something new. Grief comes up and stops all progress you have made. If we cling too tightly to our sorrow we can become immobilized and unable to move forward.

It’s like a person who is unable to walk and has no idea why they can’t walk because they keep falling down. It is only when we allow our grief to flow that we can truly experience hope and joy.

Source: Changeability: How Artists, Activists, And Awakeners Navigate Change

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