Yep, pretty much. Turns out my heart was about 100 x’s bigger than I thought because I am still picking up the pieces.
Thanks for writing, I found your blog on 108 zen books list of female Buddhist bloggers. Reading about other women practitioners (as well as blogging myself) gives me a sense of sangha .
Beautifully put. At the Unity church I now attend, a reverend retired from the church and came back frequenlty to visit. One day we learned that his adult daughter was murdered by her live-in boyfriend. Vic was on the phone with his daughter when the murder was taking place. He came back to the church to talk to us about this experience. What amazed me was his ablity to experience that horrible event and talk about forgiveness, but what made me think about it, reading this post, is how he expressed the feelings he had. He said that his heart was broken, but what he realized that his heart was broken “open” and allowed him to have a deeper relationship with those around him, himself, and the God within his heart. Thank you for reminding me of this story. Blessings, Sherry
Yep, pretty much. Turns out my heart was about 100 x’s bigger than I thought because I am still picking up the pieces.
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Thanks for writing, I found your blog on 108 zen books list of female Buddhist bloggers. Reading about other women practitioners (as well as blogging myself) gives me a sense of sangha
I hear you, sister!
Sending much metta your way, as you contemplate all the pieces of your heart.
Beautifully put. At the Unity church I now attend, a reverend retired from the church and came back frequenlty to visit. One day we learned that his adult daughter was murdered by her live-in boyfriend. Vic was on the phone with his daughter when the murder was taking place. He came back to the church to talk to us about this experience. What amazed me was his ablity to experience that horrible event and talk about forgiveness, but what made me think about it, reading this post, is how he expressed the feelings he had. He said that his heart was broken, but what he realized that his heart was broken “open” and allowed him to have a deeper relationship with those around him, himself, and the God within his heart. Thank you for reminding me of this story. Blessings, Sherry