Back Into the Flow

From the Animal Totem Tarot, the Five of Cups (Capybara); from the Blum/Gern Rune Cards, Kenaz:

It takes strength to make your way through grief, to grab hold of life and let it pull you forward.

~ Patti Davis

Shakespeare wrote, "Well, every one can master a grief but he that has it." It is an odd thing to notice that the world does not stop turning when a relationship ends. Grief can be immense and powerful; it seems that the polite thing for all humanity to do would be to stop and acknowledge our loss. But people have figured out that while grief may stop us in our tracks for a time, we must learn to move back into the flow of life, even as we carry it with us. The rune Kenaz means 'torch' and implies a search for understanding and clarity. Kenaz points out that everything in this physical world is constantly changing and impermanent, even relationships. When we lose the smaller things - a favorite mug broken, a flat tire, etc. - they are our teachers for learning to accept the larger losses that come.