Our hearts are being asked to hold an enormity of pain that is both too vast and too jagged to touch
it is too much
Our minds are being stretched beyond their borders to hold a multitude of intractable truths that are inextricably linked to the ancestral trauma from which they were created – stretched to understand a world in which our pain and rage is intertwined and mirrored by the echoes of the “other”
it is too much
Our breath, our life source, is being constricted and tightly compressed with intense fear, anxiety, panic and dis-ease, leaving us feeling as if we are unable to breathe
it is too much
Our eyes are being asked to see the unspeakable horrors of war that is shared globally with lightning speed, both carelessly and at times, even mercilessly
it is too much
Our ears are being asked to hear the wails of heartache and anguish of our own people and that of our neighbors. The guttural cries of pain and fear are blended together in an agonizing chorus that is, at times, impossible to distinguish one cry from another
it is too much
Our mouths are being challenged to find the right words to express the depths of our hurt, fear and confusion when letters, syllables and even sentences can’t begin to describe the indescribable
it is too much
Our arms are being tasked to find their purpose – to find a way to transform helpless, frenetic energy into purposeful action. To find a way to ease, even if just for a moment, the broken heart that lives in all of us
it is too much
Our legs are being challenged to hold steady and to stay strong as we try to put one foot in front of the other – even when we feel scared and invisible and even when we can’t see the way forward
it is too much
it is too much for our tender hearts to bear, and yet, we must find a way
The only way through is to invite ourselves to be willing to never stop opening our hearts and minds to take in what is also beautiful, glorious, joyful, silly, touching, funny, moving, meaningful, creative, compassionate, loving, light filled, playful, indulgent and even mundane…the fullness of life.
The only way through is to keep our hearts open to the sacred beauty that lies within and all around us…
the moment we stop is the moment
it truly becomes too much
