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Befriending Our Despair
Joanna Rogers Macy is an environmental activist, author, and scholar of
Buddhism, general systems theory, and deep ecology. In this short video
she advises that pain alerts us to what needs attention. Pain is not the
enemy of cheerfulness, but tells us there is suffering. When we face
suffering, our hearts and eyes open to beauty. We are not alone in our
despair and when we have the courage to speak of it, it cracks open so
the love can be found. The key is not being afraid of the pain, not
being afraid of the worlds suffering. If you arent afraid, nothing can
stop you.
