Part of what feeds cynicism is not just pain, but a narrowing of the arena in which pain is encountered. When suffering is held only inside the human sphere, inside social systems, histories, betrayals, injustices, and personal loss, it becomes unbearable. Not because we are actually isolated, but because suffering is held inside too small a field. No wider field to hold it. No intelligence large enough to metabolize it.

A personal account of how shared holding revealed the wisdom within fear, illuminating the metaphysics of community, relationality, and sacred stewardship.

What Happens When We Listen for Truth Instead of Story? We all live within the confines of Story. Story is formed from your particular...