Guest guest Posted June 4, 2007 Report Share Posted June 4, 2007 Dearest Pam- When we meet I wonder if I will be excitedly talking at you a mile-a-minute, embracing you in a cathartic tearful hug, or holding you at arms reach in a moment of silence - basking in the moment of shared space..... what we see in the world is how we see the world and what we bring to the world - and you see such beautiful things. I am sure to be a spectacle ) love, yuka Re: Janay Re: Re: Rasha's MRI results-Not good... Yuka, I have taken you as my spiritual guide! You have such amazing ways of imparting bits of wisdom yuka@...> wrote: > > > > > Janay- > > I think the sorrow and grief you felt is completely natural. It is a Buddhist > tenet that attachment is the source of suffering. I have found this to be > true for me. In similar situations of diagnosis with I have discovered > I had attachments to or expectations of certain outcomes, especially when the > outcomes did not match my expectations. I do feel though that my grief was > for the expectation that was unmet, for the attachment to something that never > really was. I did not grieve for me or my child. For truly, my child was the > same wholeness before the diagnosis as after, as was I, as were we. > > I know it is not that one cannot see the good in other outcomes. It is that > one must give oneself the care and time to grieve specifically the outcome > that was denied at that moment. > To be cleared, the grief and suffering must be allowed to be fully experienced > (I have had many an unexpressed grief well up at a later date). > > Does that make any sense? > > I think you are doing beautifully ~ > > in love, > > Yuka > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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