Since Shakespeare’s 400th anniversary of death will be May 3, 2016, I thought it time exploring the mystery debut a quote from the person often regarded as the greatest writer in the English language:
“Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak knits up the o’er wrought heart and bids it break.”*
This is especially for you if you are grieving, which I imagine is all of us at some level. This reminds me of a story I heard from my Buddhist friends. A woman whose son had died asked the Buddha to bring him back to life, the Buddha said he would if she could find one home in the village where there had not been a death.
If you wonder about the image, I do to. It seemed appropriate somehow. Tell me if you can find meaning in it.
Does it help you to know that people were grieving 400 years ago?
Does anything help? Expressing my feelings and the passing of time helps. There is no magic pill or instant cure.
Thank you for exploring the mystery – Nicky Mendenhall
*Chapter 14’s Epigraph in The Body Keeps The Score by Bessel Van Der Kolk, M.D.