Life Lessons~Learning to be Joyous in the Face of Sorrow

Wherever you are, and whatever you do, be in love.

Rumi

Love is intimately connected to sorrow, and life is intimately connected to death. As we can't have one without the other we must learn how to pick up the pieces after suffering a loss and learn to be joyous in the face of sorrow. 

Lightarted Sue

'When I wished to sing of love, it turned to sorrow. And when I wished to sing of sorrow, it was transformed for me into love.'

Franz Schubert

'Life has never been easy. Nor is it meant to be. 

It is a matter of being joyous in the face of sorrow.'

Dirk Benedict

'Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them--that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.'

Lao Tzu

Love is the bridge between you and everything. 

Rumi

'If our hearts are ready for anything, we can open to our inevitable losses, and to the depths of our sorrow. We can grieve our lost loves, our lost youth, our lost health, our lost capacities. This is part of our humanness, part of the expression of our love for life.'

Tara Brach

Let yourself be drawn by the stronger pull 

of that which you truly love.

Rumi

'Grief can be the garden of compassion. If you keep your heart open through everything, your pain can become your greatest ally in your life's search for love and wisdom.'

Rumi

'Each day holds a surprise. But only if we expect it can we see, hear, or feel it when it comes to us. Let's not be afraid to receive each day's surprise, whether it comes to us as sorrow or as joy It will open a new place in our hearts, a place where we can welcome new friends and celebrate more fully our shared humanity.'

Henri Nouwen

'When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is only that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy. When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.'

Khalil Gibran

'Every life has a measure of sorrow,

and sometimes this is what awakens us.' 

Steven Tyler

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For more than 35 years, Susan Meyerott has been helping people lighten up and step over invisible barriers to change one step at a time. She speaks to your heart, puts you at ease, and makes letting go and moving forward with life easier than ever before.


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