"Why do you want to shut out of your life any uneasiness, any miseries, or any depressions? For after all, you do not know that work these conditions are doing inside you." 

                                                                                          ~ Rainer Maria Rilke 

Of course we prefer to be in the flow of love and joy, but let's not judge the uncomfortable emotional experiences as bad and try to numb them. Every hurt can lead us to greater love, compassion, courage, strength, and wisdom.  

Rilke also says" Perhaps everything terrible is in its deepest being something helpless that wants help from us." 

That reminds me of a Michael Franti touchstone quote from a few months ago: "If you think you need LOVE right now, the truth is LOVE needs you."

For everything that seems "terrible" in our own lives and in the world today, let's apply the healing power of love and ask wisdom to show us how we can help. 

Truly,
Charlene