Deep sadness at the depth of the divisions in this country. Beret On Sat, Jan 9, 2021 at 2:06 PM Ann Jaecks via Dialogue < dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
Thank you for putting this into words.. Ann Jaecks
On Sat, Jan 9, 2021 at 10:33 AM Ellie Stock via Dialogue < dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
Thanks, Marshall.
Ellie :)
-----Original Message----- From: W. J. via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> To: Order Ecumenical Community <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> Cc: W. J. <synergi@yahoo.com> Sent: Sat, Jan 9, 2021 9:54 am Subject: [Oe List ...] grief and the New Year
Good morning from the Left Coast. When Twitter permanently removed Donald Trump's account yesterday, I became aware that what we are experiencing is a sudden, precipitous 'political death.' What I think we're all experiencing, to some degree, is the 'layering' of many forms of personal and corporate grief. Simultaneously. So that focusing on one layer can obscure the others. So, rather than expound on grief like a theological expert, I'm just offering an outline of my thoughts, so that each of us can build upon them or change them in true 'corporate mind' fashion. I'm sure that Jack will be up for this, and maybe many more! Here goes. 'Happy' New Year! Marshall
*Grief and the New Year*
being the sensitive and responsive part of society (HRNiebuhr) awareness that we participate in the stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance (Elizabeth Kubler-Ross) political grief – sudden loss of a hero/saint: assassination, dethronement, impeachment (Humpty Dumpty effect) social grief – loss of our ability to be physically together in community and denial of our desire for others (Covid-19 pandemic) economic grief – loss of job, career, means of sustenance, economic fabric (the Great Depression) personal/familial grief – loss an intimate relationship due to death, divorce, miscarriage, or estrangement grief over our awareness of our mortality, anticipatory grief, mass extinction events grief is a natural social process holding on and letting go grief and transformation individual grief and corporate grief denial of the grief process, inability to grieve, ‘rebound’ relationships
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