Over the last several months, I have thought a lot about working on the labyrinth. I have even started doing some basic work on it, but it is hard. 248 bricks, 400 square feet of dirt to attempt to grow moss…Who do I think I am? I will NEVER get this done. So…my sometimes overwhelmed self, just doesn’t do anything.
Well…
I do regularly weed my 400 square feet of dirt.
A few weeks ago, J suggested we work on breaking some of the china together, we did. It was nice to sit and talk and break. I found that I enjoyed picking out the pieces that he broke and finding parts I liked.
So, when P and I had to deal with a difficult and painful situation together, I invited her to join me in the breaking of the china. It. Was. Cathartic. We talked, we shared, we laughed, and we transformed some really painful energy into something that is going to become beautiful and meditative. Transforming something painful into something of beauty.
Working with P, made me realize that doing this work with community was going to be so very healing. I wasn’t alone in my pain and frustration. I wasn’t even alone in my grief. Breaking china together, allowed me to truly be with others who understood, could relate, and also needed the healing that came with the breaking.
What an eye opening moment for me.
I mean…I know I am not alone. There are 7 Billion people on the planet; someone, somewhere has experienced loss, pain, anger, frustration, fear…, but spending this time with P let me know that I really wasn’t alone.
Not only was there real power in working together to break the china, the creation of the labyrinth felt like a community project. It felt good to open my home, my heart, and my work. I don’t have to do this alone. There is something powerful about letting a community join in the creation.
So, tonight, I invited some more friends over and in shared grief, we broke some china.
We sat and talked. We broke. We shared. We engaged.
There is some finer detail work that I will do to make some mosaic pieces before I need to open the next box, but I am ready for the next step. I am ready to start taking the energy of pain, anger, frustration, fear; and turn it into something of beauty, joy, community, healing, and love.
Engineering Wholeness 
Wonderful! What a remarkable example of the power of community, with one other person, several, many. I’m so happy to hear how this is unfolding for you!
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