April I must say the way you have described rebuilding ourselves after a traumatic event, is so profound. When I read that part about rebuilding is not about getting back to the old shape, it is about taking a new shape that is more just and connected to ourselves, I knew the lines would stay with me for a long time. I am going through it as I write this and thank you so much for writing this.
I can really feel what you’re describing. As a Christ-follower, my perspective is that loosening the tightly wound parts of ourselves is the process of surrendering and trusting God. His plans are different from our plans. The positive flip side of disruption in our world(like 911, Covid, this current disruption of federal governance) is what you describe as seeing the infallibility of our human systems. The American economy has always been a house of cards. It was built on the massacre of existing inhabitants, slaves purchased and brought over from Africa, and the raiding of minerals and alchemy of chemicals for our own manipulation and greed. Nothing about our system is lasting. So yes, breakable, sink-able, always tenuous. What is lasting, and will last forever, is love.
How wonderful it is to wake up in the morning and come across such a transformative text as this. You are incredibly generous. What you wrote is not just a simple text, it is A LESSON IN RESILIENCE. You wrote it in two parts. First, you cited as an example of unbeatable supremacy, robustness that would perhaps be the greatest security of all time, perhaps of the universe, but the shipwreck unfortunately showed that this is not quite the case. A GIANT ALSO FALLS AS SINKS, without mercy or pity.
Then, you mentioned that after trauma, life goes on, life does not stop and what remains are the stories and between stories there is a beginning, a middle and an end, and a new beginning. For this, courage, pride are necessary, and as often mentioned, NOBODY DOES ANYTHING ALONE!
April Lee, you can consider yourself a priest of encouraging words. What has become very clear is that the strong also fall, they are destroyed, they destroy themselves and their supposed enemies. At the end of it all, when there is time, many ask themselves if it was worth it!
Thank you, OPoet@LuízKon'Z. I’m grateful you felt the spirit of resilience in this essay, and appreciate how you highlighted the truth that even the strongest forces can fall, and that we never truly move through life alone.
Hello friend April Lee, I thank you for reading such inspiring texts. You write with great elegance, sublime thoughts and builder. When the subject is interesting, it is easy to understand. A big hug. OPoet@LuízKon'Z
April I must say the way you have described rebuilding ourselves after a traumatic event, is so profound. When I read that part about rebuilding is not about getting back to the old shape, it is about taking a new shape that is more just and connected to ourselves, I knew the lines would stay with me for a long time. I am going through it as I write this and thank you so much for writing this.
Subhasree, it means a lot to know that something here will stay with you. Wishing you much inspiration as you move through this next shape.
Beautiful.
I can really feel what you’re describing. As a Christ-follower, my perspective is that loosening the tightly wound parts of ourselves is the process of surrendering and trusting God. His plans are different from our plans. The positive flip side of disruption in our world(like 911, Covid, this current disruption of federal governance) is what you describe as seeing the infallibility of our human systems. The American economy has always been a house of cards. It was built on the massacre of existing inhabitants, slaves purchased and brought over from Africa, and the raiding of minerals and alchemy of chemicals for our own manipulation and greed. Nothing about our system is lasting. So yes, breakable, sink-able, always tenuous. What is lasting, and will last forever, is love.
Yes, love is what endures, even when everything else is shifting! 💗
How wonderful it is to wake up in the morning and come across such a transformative text as this. You are incredibly generous. What you wrote is not just a simple text, it is A LESSON IN RESILIENCE. You wrote it in two parts. First, you cited as an example of unbeatable supremacy, robustness that would perhaps be the greatest security of all time, perhaps of the universe, but the shipwreck unfortunately showed that this is not quite the case. A GIANT ALSO FALLS AS SINKS, without mercy or pity.
Then, you mentioned that after trauma, life goes on, life does not stop and what remains are the stories and between stories there is a beginning, a middle and an end, and a new beginning. For this, courage, pride are necessary, and as often mentioned, NOBODY DOES ANYTHING ALONE!
April Lee, you can consider yourself a priest of encouraging words. What has become very clear is that the strong also fall, they are destroyed, they destroy themselves and their supposed enemies. At the end of it all, when there is time, many ask themselves if it was worth it!
OPoet@LuízKon'Z
Thank you, OPoet@LuízKon'Z. I’m grateful you felt the spirit of resilience in this essay, and appreciate how you highlighted the truth that even the strongest forces can fall, and that we never truly move through life alone.
Hello friend April Lee, I thank you for reading such inspiring texts. You write with great elegance, sublime thoughts and builder. When the subject is interesting, it is easy to understand. A big hug. OPoet@LuízKon'Z
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