Tag Archives: Grief

by Issa, Japanese poet and willower

This dewdrop world
It is a dewdrop world;
and yet, and yet . . .
– Issa

Does Issa speak of longing? His tears? Or continuing, despite the tears? I first read these lines a handful of years ago. When I was too attached. Unwilling to go on without—

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the “Like” button

Think of the “Like” button as a “Support” button.

Happy stories, sad stories

Happy or funny stories compel people to “Like” and “Share” them. Inspirational, uplifting and amusing stories sometimes go viral. That’s the incredible thing about the internet. It can inform, inspire, entertain, and connect us.

But, it seems counterintuitive to “Like” mournful stories, much less “Share” them. Isolating further the one who is sharing from the most desolate, and loneliest of places.

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