I feel shaken open, as though my heart were broken into and there are no words to speak.

 

I’m in love with the world, the people, the animals, the essence of life.  I want to be numb but I’m not.  I want to be angry but I don’t know how.  I’ve been thinking a lot recently about the horrors people go through, and how we heal.  The massacre in Utoya shocked me anew, and I write this with tears.

 

If I’m sharing wisdom here, then my wisdom is let your heart be broken open by tragedy.  Feel it completely, down to your core, and let what’s there comfort you.  When we open love appears, and we need love right now.  This I believe, this I find comfort in.  It feels very sharp and painful to me to open to this tragedy, but if I shut down – pull away, go numb, become angry – nothing can heal.  So I let myself be sad, crushingly sad, and I share here because this is a tragedy I share with the world.  Broken open, grieving, this is life.

 

The below song, sung by kd lang, says it better.