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\nWhen we treat the pain of our lives as a mistake, we cut something off that could be deeply life giving - for ourselves, for our families, for our wider society. When we treat the pain of our society as a mistake, we cut off many avenues for healing, understanding, and for addressing the difficulties that surround us. A conversation about learning, with one another's support, to handle life's difficulties well - to 'turn, know, and honour' them so that they can become a rich source of deepening, courage and repair in our lives - with Lizzie Winn and Justin Wise of Thirdspace.
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\nThis is Turning Towards Life, a weekly live 30 minute conversation hosted by Thirdspace in which Justin Wise and Lizzie Winn dive deep into big questions of human living. Find us on FaceBook to watch live and join in the lively conversation on this episode. We\u2019re also on YouTube, and as a podcast on Apple, Google and Spotify. You can find videos of every episode, and more about the project on the Turning Towards Life website.
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\n\n\nOur source for this week is chosen for us by Justin.
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from A Poem for My Daughter
\nby Teddy Macker
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\nIt seems we have made pain
\nsome kind of mistake,
\nlike having it
\nis somehow wrong.
\nDon\u2019t let them fool you\u2014
\npain is a part of things.
\nBut remember, dear Ellie,
\nthe compost down in the field:
\nif the rank and dank and dark
\nare handled well, not merely discarded,
\nbut turned and known and honored,
\nthey one day come to beds of rich earth
\nhome even to the most delicate rose.
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\nGod comes to you disguised as your life.
\nBlessings often arrive as trouble.
\nIn French, the word blesser means to wound
\nand relates to the Old English bletsian\u2014
\nto sprinkle with blood.
\nAnd in Sanskrit there is a phrase,
\na phrase to carry with you
\nwherever you go:
\nsarvam annam:
\neverything is food.
\nEvery last thing.
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