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“Here's this: when I was sad, when I had real, legitimate reasons for grief or despair or anger or any emotion that was perceived as negative or dark, I had nowhere to go. I didn't know how to feel my feelings. And by refusing to name or acknowledge them, sometimes the darkness simply grew.”

Grief Despair Emotional Intelligence

Book:Out of Sorts: Making Peace with an Evolving Faith

Source: Out of Sorts: Making Peace with an Evolving Faith

“Silence was akin to prayer for me for a long time. I simply moved through life with silence in my spirit, waiting on God. I couldn't pray, but the part of me that had once prayed was waiting. Simply waiting.”

God Prayer Grief Silence Despair

Book:Out of Sorts: Making Peace with an Evolving Faith

Source: Out of Sorts: Making Peace with an Evolving Faith

“The night that our friend's wife died, my brokenhearted husband called his mother: "What do I say?"... There is nothing to say. Stop thinking there is something to say to make it go away. It won't go away. Abandon your answers. Avoid your cliches. Don't blame God and don't blame him. Learn to sit in the sadness.”

Suffering Grief Sadness Presence

Book:Out of Sorts: Making Peace with an Evolving Faith

Source: Out of Sorts: Making Peace with an Evolving Faith

“Secrets make us sick, I've heard. I made secrets out of my questions and doubts and sadness and grief because I didn't know how to simply sit with them. Even now, I fight against the urge to explain or pretend or ignore away the darkness. It's uncomfortable to lean into the pain, to seek God there in the darkness.”

God Grief Darkness Sadness Secrets

Book:Out of Sorts: Making Peace with an Evolving Faith

Source: Out of Sorts: Making Peace with an Evolving Faith

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