Grieving Together
Splintered by grief and rage, inconsolable, Demeter neglects her divine tasks and the earth, once fertile, grows desolate. The people are hungry, and the gods are mortified. They beg Demeter to get over herself, let her daughter go, and get back to work creating plenitude. Demeter does not cease from mourning. She cannot. Nor should she.
Mirabai Starr • Wild Mercy: Living the Fierce and Tender Wisdom of the Women Mystics
Grief is love. How can we hold this grief without holding each other? To bear witness to this moment of undoing is to find the strength and spiritual will to meet the dark and smoldering landscapes where we live. We can cry.
Terry Tempest Williams • The Pall Of Our Unrest
that while grief is persistent and cannot be diminished, it can be carried together.