How to go on when the world has crashed around you?
Everything you thought you were building disappears
In a slow-moving avalanche that scars the earth with its passage.
I’m reminded of Wall-E who finds a living plant on a scorched Earth.
Hope amidst the rubble.
It’s okay we can’t get there yet.
I can feel the stages of grief rage through me.
Denial…
Anger…
Bargaining…
Depression…
Acceptance…
Without acceptance, there can be no hope.
Acceptance seems far off, as I ping pong between anger and depression.
So angry I could punch someone. Where did it come from?
Then I recognized it as grief.
At least I’m out of denial now. Whew…
And I can see all the denial in those surrounding me
As what it really is.... GRIEF!
Gentleness with self seems the key.
And patience and faith in myself and fellow humans.
May we safeguard each other and the Earth and her children.