The grief we feel around hard stuff that happens in the world is important.

Because loss isn’t just a personal thing; it’s also a collective one.

There are some losses we experience together -- some losses that remind us just how deeply we’re all connected.

I feel this collective grief all the time -- most recently around yesterday’s verdict out of Kenosha. There’s lots of complexity in my feeling + thinking around that, but the sorrow is clear + uncomplicated.

I sometimes feel resistance to this kind of grief -- like it’s too much to take one + take in (+ don’t I have enough of my own stuff to deal with?) -- but I know it’s essential.

Because this kind of grief reminds us that we belong to the world + the world belongs to us.

And facilitates a deeper connection + realer intimacy with a world that will break our hearts again + again.

Which is part of grief's healing quality:

Keeping us connected to life + grounded in the world -- even when this life + world are sources of pain + loss -- because they're also the sources of everything else, including everything that matters.

So inviting + allowing this grief is one way of saying yes to life.

What might that look like for you?