This is what rituals are for. We do spiritual ceremonies as human beings in order to create a safe resting place for our most complicated feelings of joy or trauma, so that we don't have to haul those feelings around with us forever, weighing us down.

“So tonight I reach for my journal again. This is the first time I’ve done this …”

“Sometimes out hearts are broken so new light can get in.”

“I felt a glimmer of happiness when I started studying Italian, and when you sen…”

“It's easy enough to pray when you're in distress but continuing to pray even wh…”