“The trouble is if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.” --Erica Jong
About Grief
“Grief is the rope burns left behind when what we have held to most dearly is pulled out of reach, beyond our grasp.” --Stephen Levine
Describe your grief in as much vivid detail as you can.
... [Continue Reading]I Wish Someone Had Told Me
“I wish someone had told me to take care of my body, to use it or lose it, to move my energy from my brain down into my body earlier, sooner, that one day, the habit of not doing so would be so ingrained, it would be too late. I wish someone had told me that there are no such things as mistakes in life, only wrong turns that lead to new destinations. I wish someone had told me that letting go is better than holding on, that surrender beats grasping any day. I wish someone had told me that I didn’t have to be afraid. I wish someone had told me to say “No,” to say it loudly and often when I was young and big busted and walked through the world a target to the desires of men. I wish someone had told me that I would one day be an adult and that my world would extend ... [Continue Reading]
Writing at the Edge
“Some days, the first line of a poem interrupts me and insists on being written down - NOW! Other days, I write the words 'This is what I have to say to you' at the top of the page and see what comes. Like a faucet dispensing water from a hidden reservoir below the earth, this kind of writing allows the formless mystery to flow into my conscious life. What I tap into when I write from the quiet of my meditation cushion feels limitless. Each morning finds me at the edge of my current experience, writing about where I am stuck, where I am learning to let go, and what is calling me forward right now. Words on the page, both poetry and prose, are the bread crumbs left behind as I move beyond my comfort zone and into the unknown.” --Danna Faulds
