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April 23, 2020 | Volume 6
Pathways Special Offering

GREAT Grief:
Grieving the State of the World
with Ted Bowman

Tuesday, May 12
6:30 - 8:00 pm on Zoom
In conversations of loss, it has become common to hear that it’s not personal losses that are keeping people awake at night but the state of the world that’s even more distressing. Concerns and worries about global matters (Covid-19, climate change; barriers for those seeking a safe home; widening disparities between the haves and have-nots; racism; etc.) can over-ride personal grief. Discovering words or phrases for these experiences, as well as directions about how to respond, can be useful in navigating this terrain. 
 
Participants will be presented with words, historical sources, and literary accounts that address what one writer called the GREAT grief. Participants will then be invited to add words and to explore responses when grieving the state of the world, using interactive technologies.

This is a free offering, but pre-registration is required. 
Free Healing Opportunity:

Local Forest Therapy Guide David Motzenbecker is offering 9 Weeks of Nature Invitations designed to  be simple, intimate ways to reconnect yourself with nature on a daily basis. The invitations will be posted on Mondays of each week. Click here to see this week's invitation and learn more.
“In the face of impermanence and death, it takes courage to love the things of this world and to believe that praising them is our noblest calling.”
―  Joanna Macy
Voices of Our Community:
Mary Johnson, Pathways Provider & Board Member
Reflections From A Pathways Pioneer

What to say at a time like this!!!  I tend to be one of those who believes we are often getting “taps on the shoulder” or “nudges” from the Divine reminding us to pay attention to what is essentially important in our lives. Well, I know many of you have experienced “baseball bats over the head” from the Divine rather than nudges or taps, and often, that’s what brings you to Pathways. This latest “nudge,” Covid-19, sheltering-in, and closing Pathways, seem much more than a baseball bat over the head – and I wonder what we will learn from this. Surely, we will all learn something very meaningful.

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