This touched me so deeply...all the layers we hold in relationship to our moms....
It's wild the way the grief stays in our being--despite decades of therapy, and compassion for her circumstances, and a deep desire not to hold onto all the pain of my ancestors.
That yearning for my mom, it goes to the depths of my being--even in middle age. Thank you for your beautiful writing, it captured what so many of us feel.
Wound or portal…may you visit “the wounds within the temple of memory……you should not blame yourself for making bad mistakes…..sometimes you have grown unexpectedly through these mistakes……they have brought you to a place that you would have otherwise avoided…….bring compassionate mindfulness to your mistakes and wounds…endeavour to inhabit the rhythm you were in at that time….if you visit this configuration of your soul with forgiveness in your heart ,it will fall into place itself.When you forgive yourself,the inner wounds begin to heal.You come in out of the exile of hurt into the joy of inner belonging…..John O’Donohue..🙏🏻
We’re doing our best to stop the cycle and heal the harm. Owning the pain we’ve caused anyway is the hardest thing. Here’s to forgiving all our selves.
Thank you for this beautiful reflection. I've been without my mother for almost 60 years and yet the learning of what it means to hold grief and love never ends. For this I am grateful. blessings to you and your children
Very Moving
This touched me so deeply...all the layers we hold in relationship to our moms....
It's wild the way the grief stays in our being--despite decades of therapy, and compassion for her circumstances, and a deep desire not to hold onto all the pain of my ancestors.
That yearning for my mom, it goes to the depths of my being--even in middle age. Thank you for your beautiful writing, it captured what so many of us feel.
Wound or portal…may you visit “the wounds within the temple of memory……you should not blame yourself for making bad mistakes…..sometimes you have grown unexpectedly through these mistakes……they have brought you to a place that you would have otherwise avoided…….bring compassionate mindfulness to your mistakes and wounds…endeavour to inhabit the rhythm you were in at that time….if you visit this configuration of your soul with forgiveness in your heart ,it will fall into place itself.When you forgive yourself,the inner wounds begin to heal.You come in out of the exile of hurt into the joy of inner belonging…..John O’Donohue..🙏🏻
We’re doing our best to stop the cycle and heal the harm. Owning the pain we’ve caused anyway is the hardest thing. Here’s to forgiving all our selves.
Thank you for this beautiful reflection. I've been without my mother for almost 60 years and yet the learning of what it means to hold grief and love never ends. For this I am grateful. blessings to you and your children