For those of us who have had to endure incredible losses and sorrows, life demands an awakening of a much more profound nature than those who have not. We must find lessons and weave meaning out of the sorrows we’ve had to bear. For many of us have been challenged to live out circumstances in which our hearts have been splintered and broken in two. Our task is to find our way through the ruins so that we may, as the Zen saying goes, “allow our hearts to break open.” It is here that one not only comes to love again, but actually comes to love in a way that heals the entire world.
