Thank you, Carlo. You have told my story also — this long trail of grief and transformation. You lost Aldo in August 2019, I lost Barbara in October 2019. She was my love and my witness and my “safe keeper” for 25 years. In her death, I have died and drifted into great abysses and then been carried into liminal space over and over. And, yes, this helix of time and memory spiraling and looping back— yet somehow all is reconnecting within a heart that has broken open and now contains the mystery and vastness of the universe. Again, in gratitude and kinship.
If I may ask, what is your source for the David Whyte passage?
Thank you for engaging Mark and taking the time to write. I wish you all the best from afar over here on the other side of the pond. The source for David Whyte is his book of prose Consolations
Thank you, Carlo. You have told my story also — this long trail of grief and transformation. You lost Aldo in August 2019, I lost Barbara in October 2019. She was my love and my witness and my “safe keeper” for 25 years. In her death, I have died and drifted into great abysses and then been carried into liminal space over and over. And, yes, this helix of time and memory spiraling and looping back— yet somehow all is reconnecting within a heart that has broken open and now contains the mystery and vastness of the universe. Again, in gratitude and kinship.
If I may ask, what is your source for the David Whyte passage?
Thank you for engaging Mark and taking the time to write. I wish you all the best from afar over here on the other side of the pond. The source for David Whyte is his book of prose Consolations
Deep, powerful and important. Thank you Carlo
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Wonderful piece. Amen.
I didn’t know you were here Al!! Hello x
Beautiful words, Carlo. Thank you for sharing. Sending 💙.
Thank you Ben, much appreciated