Comments on: the goddess of grief: getting to the other side. and there is always another side. http://www.daniellelaporte.com/inspiration-spirituality-articles/the-goddess-of-grief-getting-to-the-other-side-and-there-is-always-another-side/ Mon, 30 Jan 2012 02:09:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Heidi Fischbach http://www.daniellelaporte.com/inspiration-spirituality-articles/the-goddess-of-grief-getting-to-the-other-side-and-there-is-always-another-side/#comment-3359 Heidi Fischbach Mon, 05 Apr 2010 10:57:14 +0000 http://www.daniellelaporte.com/?p=7373#comment-3359 I'm late to this grief party but finding your post today is such good timing. Dreamt last night of flying in a small plane over the Atlantic, quite close to the water, close enough to be able to see with perspective but not too far removed. And there were big black slick sharks, many, jumping. And then, in their midst, a dolphin, which had no chance. And I wrote it down this morning and cried and cried and cried. The dolphin, all about love and connection and innocence, had no chance with these sharks. But the sharks were part of the balance of ocean things, of life things. I couldn't deny them their life either. But oh, the sad. So thank you. I'm late to this grief party but finding your post today is such good timing. Dreamt last night of flying in a small plane over the Atlantic, quite close to the water, close enough to be able to see with perspective but not too far removed. And there were big black slick sharks, many, jumping. And then, in their midst, a dolphin, which had no chance. And I wrote it down this morning and cried and cried and cried. The dolphin, all about love and connection and innocence, had no chance with these sharks. But the sharks were part of the balance of ocean things, of life things. I couldn't deny them their life either. But oh, the sad. So thank you.

]]> By: Danielle LaPorte: Interview with a Fire Starter http://www.daniellelaporte.com/inspiration-spirituality-articles/the-goddess-of-grief-getting-to-the-other-side-and-there-is-always-another-side/#comment-3358 Danielle LaPorte: Interview with a Fire Starter Mon, 05 Apr 2010 04:03:36 +0000 http://www.daniellelaporte.com/?p=7373#comment-3358 [...] 3. I find your phrase “Creative Sovereignty” positively delectable. What does creative sovereignty look like–and feel like–to [...] [...] 3. I find your phrase “Creative Sovereignty” positively delectable. What does creative sovereignty look like–and feel like–to [...]

]]> By: mdtaz http://www.daniellelaporte.com/inspiration-spirituality-articles/the-goddess-of-grief-getting-to-the-other-side-and-there-is-always-another-side/#comment-3357 mdtaz Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:00:18 +0000 http://www.daniellelaporte.com/?p=7373#comment-3357 I'm steeped in grief these days, riding it like a sine wave. <a href="http://maternal-dementia.com/2010/02/26/other-stages" rel="nofollow">http://maternal-dementia.com/2010/02/26/other-s...</a>. It's not new to me - I've lost people and things and dreams before - but I still feel like an exacto-knife is carving out a hollow chamber around my heart. <br /><br />This poet seems to be popular with your readers, and prolific on the subject of grieving. These lines from "Mourning to Do" are ones I am thinking on:<br /><br />…So it is now the gentle waking to what was,<br />And what is and will be a long as I am alive.<br />“Happy grieving,” someone said who knew – <br />Happy the dawn of memory and the sunrise.<br /><br />(May Sarton) I'm steeped in grief these days, riding it like a sine wave. http://maternal-dementia.com/2010/02/26/other-s.... It's not new to me - I've lost people and things and dreams before - but I still feel like an exacto-knife is carving out a hollow chamber around my heart.

This poet seems to be popular with your readers, and prolific on the subject of grieving. These lines from "Mourning to Do" are ones I am thinking on:

…So it is now the gentle waking to what was,
And what is and will be a long as I am alive.
“Happy grieving,” someone said who knew –
Happy the dawn of memory and the sunrise.

(May Sarton)

]]> By: chicsinger simone http://www.daniellelaporte.com/inspiration-spirituality-articles/the-goddess-of-grief-getting-to-the-other-side-and-there-is-always-another-side/#comment-3356 chicsinger simone Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:44:41 +0000 http://www.daniellelaporte.com/?p=7373#comment-3356 Wow. I SO needed to hear this. Just starting on a grief journey and feeling guilty about not "moving faster." <br /><br />Thank you! Well put indeed. Wow. I SO needed to hear this. Just starting on a grief journey and feeling guilty about not "moving faster."

Thank you! Well put indeed.

]]> By: Janet http://www.daniellelaporte.com/inspiration-spirituality-articles/the-goddess-of-grief-getting-to-the-other-side-and-there-is-always-another-side/#comment-3355 Janet Sat, 23 Jan 2010 14:24:10 +0000 http://www.daniellelaporte.com/?p=7373#comment-3355 Grace enters the body through wounds. Grace enters the body through wounds.

]]> By: Cori http://www.daniellelaporte.com/inspiration-spirituality-articles/the-goddess-of-grief-getting-to-the-other-side-and-there-is-always-another-side/#comment-3354 Cori Mon, 18 Jan 2010 04:15:56 +0000 http://www.daniellelaporte.com/?p=7373#comment-3354 Thank you for this... i lost my mother to cancer three weeks ago. I can't remember when I bookmarked this post, but i come to it often to remind myself that what i'm feeling is normal and ok. Thank you for this... i lost my mother to cancer three weeks ago. I can't remember when I bookmarked this post, but i come to it often to remind myself that what i'm feeling is normal and ok.

]]> By: EJ http://www.daniellelaporte.com/inspiration-spirituality-articles/the-goddess-of-grief-getting-to-the-other-side-and-there-is-always-another-side/#comment-3353 EJ Wed, 30 Dec 2009 02:29:28 +0000 http://www.daniellelaporte.com/?p=7373#comment-3353 I'm just a bit stuck on 6 and can't get to step 7... but hopefully soon... I'm just a bit stuck on 6 and can't get to step 7... but hopefully soon...

]]> By: Sonja http://www.daniellelaporte.com/inspiration-spirituality-articles/the-goddess-of-grief-getting-to-the-other-side-and-there-is-always-another-side/#comment-3352 Sonja Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:35:55 +0000 http://www.daniellelaporte.com/?p=7373#comment-3352 What more could I add, a wonderful poem, and as it probably reached the hearts of many, my heart recognizes the door that will lead to a newer and completer version of me. Inspite of the pain, the loss, the hope that... until now was seemingly senseless... even if the lesson is bitter and will reverabate a long time.. I now truly know that it has been another opportunity to grow and the next steps will lead me on another road. Probably with heartaches, misguided ideas but also with a better understanding that I am only responsible for me, and what I allow myself to become. Willing myself to see and connect with my own goddes of grief might undo the chains that have kept me from growing into the next story of me. Thank you for a terrific post, as well all of the comments. Timing is everything, and it is again a confirmation that there is ´a right time and place for everything´... stumbling upon this website in exactly the right moment. What more could I add, a wonderful poem, and as it probably reached the hearts of many, my heart recognizes the door that will lead to a newer and completer version of me. Inspite of the pain, the loss, the hope that... until now was seemingly senseless... even if the lesson is bitter and will reverabate a long time.. I now truly know that it has been another opportunity to grow and the next steps will lead me on another road. Probably with heartaches, misguided ideas but also with a better understanding that I am only responsible for me, and what I allow myself to become. Willing myself to see and connect with my own goddes of grief might undo the chains that have kept me from growing into the next story of me.

Thank you for a terrific post, as well all of the comments. Timing is everything, and it is again a confirmation that there is ´a right time and place for everything´... stumbling upon this website in exactly the right moment.

]]> By: Nicole Ohebshalom http://www.daniellelaporte.com/inspiration-spirituality-articles/the-goddess-of-grief-getting-to-the-other-side-and-there-is-always-another-side/#comment-3351 Nicole Ohebshalom Mon, 28 Dec 2009 01:14:14 +0000 http://www.daniellelaporte.com/?p=7373#comment-3351 i so love and appreciate the ride that you took us on with the art of your soulfilled words and experience here...thank you xo i so love and appreciate the ride that you took us on with the art of your soulfilled words and experience here...thank you xo

]]> By: Ellie http://www.daniellelaporte.com/inspiration-spirituality-articles/the-goddess-of-grief-getting-to-the-other-side-and-there-is-always-another-side/#comment-3350 Ellie Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:28:56 +0000 http://www.daniellelaporte.com/?p=7373#comment-3350 wow what lovely words from all, my friend sent me this link which is very beautifull... my life has been filled with grief and letting go of hope's and dreams with having a family of my own and wanting it to be all that it wasn't for me as a child. but the more i let go of that dream the easier i am becoming a new and better mum/person. acceptance of a situtation and grieving for it is essential to be able to move forward i know there is still more grieving to do but i feel so much stronger each and every day... mich love to all you beautifull souls xx wow what lovely words from all, my friend sent me this link which is very beautifull... my life has been filled with grief and letting go of hope's and dreams with having a family of my own and wanting it to be all that it wasn't for me as a child. but the more i let go of that dream the easier i am becoming a new and better mum/person. acceptance of a situtation and grieving for it is essential to be able to move forward i know there is still more grieving to do but i feel so much stronger each and every day... mich love to all you beautifull souls xx

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