"The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry."
~ Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell To Arms



"Our lives disconnect and reconnect, we move on, and later we may touch one another, again bounce away. This is the felt shape of a human life, neither simply linear nor wholly disjunctive nor endlessly bifurcating, but rather this bouncey sequence of bumping into's and tumblings apart."
~ Salman Rushdie, The Ground Beneath Her Feet



Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Healing

At times something inside of you shifts for no other reason than grace has broken through the stranglehold of pain. Spaces and places have profound influence, as do friends, and the stories they share. Healing comes slowly at times and is found in the moments of time which slip away and in which encounters of humanity occur. Our stories mingle and flow as grace weaves through them - the past is swallowed in the present as the future is aware of the past. This past weekend was an oasis for me as Rivendell was for Frodo on his journey after being wounded and needed to heal. I can't explain what happens when something shifts but when it does you know and life is different again.


(Healing Encounters: Music & Lyrics by Leonard Cohen, Come Healing)


 

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  1. AnonymousMay 27, 2014 at 7:28 PM

    Very beautiful & touching Chris, so thankful & happy for your healing.

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