Talks

A Broken Open Heart

By July 20, 2025 July 26th, 2025 No Comments

beautiful sunset with grass in forefrontIn relaxed “summer sharing mode,” Rachael brings a random collection of things: a book she loves, news about her upcoming move, a poem, and wisdom from two beautiful humans who passed away this week – poet Andrea Gibson (d. 14th July) and environmental activist Joanna Macy (d. 19th). A thread weaving through them all is the call to let the co-existing beauty and pain of life and the state of our world keep on breaking us open to more love and interconnectedness, daring to trust that this is in itself a big part of the solution we need.

The full Joanna Macy video can be watched here: https://youtu.be/bQAYVKqTkKo?si=hjeJf2aamLmG95N0&t=142 (the part we watched together was 2:22 to 5:37)
If you are on Instagram, the Andrea Gibson poem is here: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DB1ztQKSP1S/?hl=en

 

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