ON THE PATH
A Time to Heal
BY REV. DR. TRISH HALL It’s time to be gentle with ourselves and others. We have demon - strated resilience coming through the pandemic; even greater adapt- ability upon discovering that post-pandemic has little, if any, resem- blance to pre-pandemic. And then, catapulted into the election year, we encountered unimaginable derision and divisiveness tearing rela- tionships apart. We barely recovered from one cataclysmic siege be- fore being thrust into the next iteration. Each of these seasons is a “bereavement event.” Bereavement oc- curs every time we experience catastrophic loss. Catastrophic loss is experienced when life, as we have known it, no longer exists. These life-transforming events range from death of a loved one to loss of employment to a fire or other natural disaster that deprives us of parts of our lives — amputations and rapes that permanently alter our per- ceptions of our world. Our lives are transformed when those practices and institutions we have relied on are gone. We may have felt torn apart by the pandemic and its aftermath, yet this political season has torn at us like vultures at a carcass. Knowing that people hold views diametrically opposed to our own may have caused us to question why their views are so different. Very often, because of the fear of volatility, instead of asking and seeking con- nection, we withdraw and hide from conversations about such top- ics. Since they are ignored, they foment and get worse. Eventually, explosive words are spewed — words that may irreparably damage long-standing relationships. Chaos ensues. Grief at times like this is natural. Feelings need to be acknowledged, and yet we each have within us greater strength, resilience, flexibility,
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