As always, Sonya, you speak your heart and it touches others (like me) deeply. Living in an emotional state of horror and sadness, and desire to live in a peaceful and joyous moment...simultaneously...is exhausting. We keep trying to balance what is with what could be. Thank you for sharing your reality with us. Blessed journey!
Thank you for this in-depth post, Sonya. I resonated a lot with this beautiful sentence of yours: “but then it settled into a kind of tender ache for less of everything.” I have just started to read Dr Gabor Maté’s The Myth of Normal and it came to mind as I was reading about your thoughts on long life (and by extension how we’ve really got it all wrong over here). I look forward to your next update!
Thanks Meg. Sometimes I think most of my learning has been to unlearn the cultural assignments. What a great title Mate's book has. I read some of it before I left on this trip, and found that it follows what indigenous voices have been saying for a long time. Have you read Sand Talk by Tyson Yunkaporta?
Ef̱charistó̱ Sonya! So much truth and beauty. Just like you. It is a hard time to make sense of this world right now. Thank you for perspective and your words about holding the atrocities close along with the wonder. I’m grateful that 🍇 woman crossed your path and reminded you of the goodness of humanity. What a blessing. Love you.
Thanks Kathryn. The goodness is always available here, and I find that our culture tends to cover travel and adventure as escape rather than an entry into reality, or what is. I'd rather be out here holding as much of it as I can.
As always, Sonya, you speak your heart and it touches others (like me) deeply. Living in an emotional state of horror and sadness, and desire to live in a peaceful and joyous moment...simultaneously...is exhausting. We keep trying to balance what is with what could be. Thank you for sharing your reality with us. Blessed journey!
Thanks so much, Esther. I've been thinking of you. It's a good time to have built some maturity and resilience and strength. I'm grateful for you.
Thank you for this in-depth post, Sonya. I resonated a lot with this beautiful sentence of yours: “but then it settled into a kind of tender ache for less of everything.” I have just started to read Dr Gabor Maté’s The Myth of Normal and it came to mind as I was reading about your thoughts on long life (and by extension how we’ve really got it all wrong over here). I look forward to your next update!
Thanks Meg. Sometimes I think most of my learning has been to unlearn the cultural assignments. What a great title Mate's book has. I read some of it before I left on this trip, and found that it follows what indigenous voices have been saying for a long time. Have you read Sand Talk by Tyson Yunkaporta?
No, I’ll be sure to take a look for it!
Ef̱charistó̱ Sonya! So much truth and beauty. Just like you. It is a hard time to make sense of this world right now. Thank you for perspective and your words about holding the atrocities close along with the wonder. I’m grateful that 🍇 woman crossed your path and reminded you of the goodness of humanity. What a blessing. Love you.
Thanks Kathryn. The goodness is always available here, and I find that our culture tends to cover travel and adventure as escape rather than an entry into reality, or what is. I'd rather be out here holding as much of it as I can.