This is a beautiful practice, Aritha, and I appreciate you sharing this with us. It is a life-giving way to approach a heartbreaking situation.

I’m glad you made a beautiful transition from 60s to 70, Linda. The hardest decade transference for me so far was from 50s to 60, but I’ve adjusted, as we all tend to do. 🙂 Thank you for the example you set!

You’re right, Harry. While we can’t control everything, we CAN control some things, and we don’t need to let one cancel out the other. I need these reminders often. I had this conversation again yesterday with my husband over my discouragement about the state of the world. He reminded me that the things I do, even though they feel small to me, are still important and worth doing. So we press on for another day.

Thank you for giving us an opening into this part of your life, Dianna. Learning to accept the hard things is a struggle but it helps to know that it is possible and worth our efforts. You have such a precious heart! I haven’t finished reading The Power of Letting Go myself yet; let me know what you think if you do get it. I’ve enjoyed what I’ve read so far and I’d like to read more of it.

I still haven’t downloaded the app either; I probably won’t because I think too that it might affect me negatively. 🙂

Okay, so now I’m falling in love with this new word (to me). I love the concept of peinzen; I wish we had an English alternative. Thanks for sharing about it, Aritha!

Also my heart aches with you about unreconciled relationships. Your practice of sitting with good memories for an hour each month sounds like something that might benefit me as well. I appreciate you telling me about this. It helps to know we’re not alone with our grief, even though we don’t wish these sorrows on anyone.

ha. I totally know where you’re coming from, Linda! And I never mind hearing from you twice, my friend. 🙂

You do sound more wise than your years, Julie! I love your perspective. It makes perfect sense to me. Thank you for sharing. Your approach would be a positive one for many people.