I stumbled here from another blog and I just wanted to say how much I enjoyed reading this piece. And thinking about it. And experiencing this feeling that I had stumbled upon something real.

The honesty in your writing shines like a lighthouse on the shore of a dark and violent sea. It’s kind of a big deal to witness.

One of the things that I find a great solace in is the idea that we are all of us simply trying to move from ignorance and striving, fear and grasping and avoiding, towards something that feels more spacious.
A place of compassion and ‘resting simply without altering it.’

It seems you are on a good, strong path and are fully engaged in it.

That seems an essential endeavor.

Anyhoo. Enjoyed this very much. My guess is I’ll be back again soon.

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tearful

First, it’s sort of a relief. Maybe I could stop trying so hard to be understood and instead try to understand–myself, another, and what occurs between us.

Second, I can relax with my aloneness and feel some tenderness toward others who also struggle with their aloneness.

How does that possibility strike you? I guess I find it expansive, to my surprise.