______________<\/p>\n
Every life, in every age, has had to find its way: discovering a foundation, a self from which to meet others and the world, only to open beyond the confines of a single self, so we can receive meaning from everything that is not us. In this journey, we learn how to lessen our pain by accepting life and our part in it. This poem works at understanding such acceptance.<\/p>\n
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LESSENING OUR PAIN<\/p>\n
When the flower finally opens,<\/p>\n
it accepts everything that comes<\/p>\n
from the sky. When the heart<\/p>\n
finally opens, it accepts every-<\/p>\n
thing about existence. Still, you<\/p>\n
can\u2019t let go unless you\u2019ve held<\/p>\n
something dear and you can\u2019t<\/p>\n
be selfless unless you\u2019ve worked<\/p>\n
to find your self. We all try to<\/p>\n
kill what hurts us, when the only<\/p>\n
thing that will lessen our pain is<\/p>\n
to face what hurts us. The river of<\/p>\n
who we are runs through every<\/p>\n
country. It ignores all borders.<\/p>\n
Our call is to follow that river.<\/p>\n
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A Question to Walk With: Describe a situation in which you pushed away what you needed to face. If you\u2019ve faced this situation since, recount the difference between pushing this situation away and facing it. If you haven\u2019t yet faced this situation, how can you step toward it?<\/em><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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