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Grief

There is no rhyme or reason to grief

as changing as the waves in the ocean 
sometimes barely a noticeable ripple
other times a raging tsunami 

to stay firmly grounded in love for those gone
to let the waves break and wash the tears away
to float on the calm still ocean 
remembering the precious small moments 
of presence shared 

letting the emotions ebb and flow
knowing love
as vast as the ocean
is always there

knowing it’s all ok 

Laura Donnelly
Laura Donnellyhttps://dancingwithease.com/
Laura Donnelly is a teacher, mentor, choreographer, dancer, writer, and founder of Dancing with Ease. She teaches Body-Brain-Business Balance online and in person. The work is based on Laura's 35 plus years as a performer and teacher of the Alexander Technique, Somatics, Movement Fundamentals™, and business management. Working with individuals Laura supports people to reduce stress, eliminate overwhelm, and discover their “right effort” to achieve dynamic balance in all activities. Applying this work to business creation and development allows business owners to create businesses that fit them, their energies, their ideal workflows, and specific time commitments. This organic process uses “right effort” which ensures that the business that emerges fits the owner/founder like a fine leather glove. Starting from a foundation based on personal wellbeing and organic growth insures that the business supports awareness and personal growth while bringing financial success and joy. Laura has an MFA in Theatre Arts/Dance from the University of Arizona. She completed masters coursework in Business Management at the University of Phoenix and Six Sigma training at the request of the Provost at the University of Arizona. She has consulted on numerous small business enterprises for medical doctors, fertility specialists, architects, locksmiths, home inspectors, and realtors. She has provided grant writing and management services and administrative process improvement for academic departments and arts organizations. She toured throughout the U.S. and Europe as a professional dancer performing ballet, modern and historical dance. Her choreography has been performed in the U.S. and Europe. She teaches, writes, and photographs the world around her.

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2 CONVERSATIONS

  1. I am so grateful to Dane because with his comments he kept dragging me back to your post i Linkedin and to rereading your poem.

    For me, understanding that grief might also be the emotion for dreams, identities, habits… we have left behind, has made it easier to move on from losses of not only other people but also former selves. There is an honoring in grief for what was that acknowledges that change is not a small thing. For me, that makes change easier because I can still love a lost one, even if that one was me of yore.

    And that creates so much more heart space for the people I have lost because shame has been removed from the change process.

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