Grief As Living -- A Welcome to What Is

I’ve been practicing what it is to truly welcome what is – how it is. I’m talking about welcoming what’s outside the shiny and preferredLike theAche. envy. not-enoughness. Bugs on the skin. Memories that still sting. Joy that expands vision.I’m exploring grief as living. Yes. Grief as response to death…AndAs a presence that awakens LIFE.I’ve been starting my morning, lying on the earth, breathing with my tree (yes, I know how that sounds), reading two beautiful books—Cured by Jeffrey Rediger and The Hidden Gospel by Neil Douglas-Klotz. And in that stillness, I’ve been meeting parts of myself I usually try to push away. Envy. Rage. Doubt. Dissatisfaction. Those parts that have been Hidden. Banished. Disappeared.Wondering –What if grief is how we welcome all of it? Not to fix or force change, but to become more whole.This episode is raw. It’s unfinished. It's real. I talk about mosquitoes, spontaneous remission, ancient language, sibling rage, sacred anger, and the strange beauty of becoming a part of something bigger than myself—bigger than any one of us. Sensing grief as a bridgeto love, to belonging, to collective healing.When you listen, you’ll also hear how for me,  grief invites the paradox of belly laughter and holy weeping, of sacred rage and deep peace.And if you’ve read The Guest House by Rumi, you’ll know what I mean when I say this episode is one long welcome to whoever shows up at the door.May we welcome the grief.May we welcome the life.