gratitude for those on my journey
thanksgiving. a time of indulgence, chaos, family and reflection. given my year, feelings of gratitude are heightened.
life brings us many teachers. sometimes it's love (everyone's favorite!), or challenge, transition and change. loss is another - the greatest, i'd argue. in loss, we have no choice but to face the truth of impermanence. when the illusion of permanence is stripped away, we are left feeling shocked, confused, sad, angry, shattered in a million pieces. we wonder how we we will ever come back together.
but it happens. slowly. if we are blessed, we are held by others along the way. each person who walks along side you - for however long - becomes part of the healing journey. i like to believe they pick up the little piece of you they love and hold it close, to remind you who you are and where you've been. this goodness is energy, sent our way to help us tap into our own resilience, strength and possibility.
many people have joined my journey this year, offering an ear, their time, insights, and love. it didn't matter if they walked beside me for a day or several months at a time or if they were strangers, colleagues, friends or family, if they posted a comment, texted, called or made time for me, each one of these people cradled my heart in their own special way with every ounce of love in their being. compassion in action. you know who you are, and i'm grateful - always.
loss touches us so profoundly that we are never the same afterwards. the path to wholeness gives us the chance to discover and explore, to love ourselves more, to be reborn. i'm thankful to be in a place on my journey, where the pieces held by others have been given back to me. they don't all fit into the grooves within me that they used to. the beautiful part is they're not supposed to.