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\nWhen something difficult or unwelcome happens, there are many reasons for us to contract away from our lives in an attempt to control what we're feeling. It's a kind of self-protection, yes, but can also be a kind of violence to ourselves. And it often cuts us off from what could most support us, open us, and hold us. So how about\xa0 learning to connect to the memory of our vastness, and our intimacy with all of life, when we are triggered to retreat? This episode of Turning Towards Life is a conversation about remembering the ways in which we already belong to life, and what might come from that; hosted as always by Lizzie Winn and Justin Wise of Thirdspace.
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\n\n\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 this week is brought to us by Lizzie, and written by Jasmina Zukan:\n\n
\nWhen the unexpected hit
\nComes
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\nAllow
\nIts raw violence
\nTo force the air
\nOut of your lungs
\nFrom the inside out
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\nLet it shatter
\nYour heart into
\nMillion pieces
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\nWatch it blow
\nYour center away
\nLike it was nothing
\nMore than a dune
\nIn a desert sand
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\nFall into nothingness
\nAs you feel the ground
\nBeing pulled under you
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\nBe still
\nAs a sailing boat
\nOn a windless sea
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\nAnd surrender
\nTo The One
\nWho created you
\nThe first time
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\nTo Him we belong
\nAnd to Him we return
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\nAnd only He
\nCreates us
\nAgain
\nAnd again
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\nEach time more beautiful
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\nSurrender
\nAnd witness
\nHis work
\nOf making
\nYou
\nWhole
\nAgain
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\nAnd flow
\nIn His Mercy
\nAnd Love
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\nAnd love
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\n\n\n\nJasmina Zukan
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\n\n\nPhoto by Peter Fogden on Unsplash
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