--Chuck Palahniuk
I recognize a couple life circumstances that have cut me open. One has been the great losses in my life--all the members of my family of origin and both sisters-in-law have passed. Grieving a death certainly does not generate immediate happiness. The "true happiness" comes in recognizing the gifts those loved ones gave us in our time with them.
Choosing to be a parent and raising two sons... I don't think anyone really knows what they are getting into when they make that decision. It totally qualifies for "completely cut open," and it has brought me more joy and happiness than I could ever have imagined.
In a more bizarre slant on this quote, I found much physical happiness, i.e. relief from pain, when the surgeon cut me open and gave me a new hip joint!
When we are cut open--well, that's a wound. Wounds hurt. Yet they heal. Some take longer to heal than others. Our bodies, minds and spirits are continuously moving us toward wholeness. Let's go with that flow.
Enjoy the weekend. Go, Chiefs!
Leta
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