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Marcia Lee Laycock's avatar

Beautiful! I hope you won't mind if I read this piece at a GriefShare session next week.

Tanya Moore's avatar

You even open the door and step out into the dawn-grown air.

Gideon, your words today have touched me deeply and helped me to continue healing. Thank you from my whole heart.

Laura A.'s avatar

"What is within our grasp is not nothing." Oh thank you for those words today💓

Gill McWhirter's avatar

Perfectly expressed, Gideon. This revelation only comes from personal experience. Thank you for sharing so completely. Through this comes healing.

Gill Fraser Lee's avatar

The understanding of the process of healing that you express here is so obviously from experience. The stops and starts, the angles, the solitude yet the need for the right company, and the deep healing that the rhythms and beauty of nature bring. What a gift you have, Gideon.

Carole's avatar

Beautiful 🩷 you can't beat the healing of nature 💚✨️

Yvette Allen's avatar

Just beautiful!

Warren Jones's avatar

Beautiful words of consolation! Thank you for this gift!🙏

jpmillspoetry's avatar

"We heal by getting out of our selves; by casting off into that larger flow. Know your mind, your heart, but don’t wall yourself into them. There is so much colour out there waiting to bleed into you. Be bodily with it – fingers in the earth, feet on the trail, hands passing around the bread. You’ll need solitude; you’ll need the communal." ❤️‍🩹

Sarah Martin's avatar

Wow. Wonderfully said. So relevant to my season. God bless you.

Sue C's avatar

Thank you Gideon - so helpful.

Alexis Abello's avatar

This is stunning, Gideon! The noticing, the gratitude of the moment is so so important to the work of grief... even in the smallest things! 🙌