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Light For the Journey: The Heart’s Final Understanding: Why Real Healing Means Moving On

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What if moving on isn’t about forgetting — but about letting your heart truly understand there’s no turning back?

How do you move on? You move on when your heart finally understands that there is no turning back. ~ J. R. R. Tolkien

Reflection

When the heart finally understands that there’s no turning back, a quiet strength awakens. Moving on isn’t about erasing memories — it’s about honoring what was, accepting what is, and trusting what lies ahead. That understanding becomes the seed of renewal. It whispers that every ending carves space for new beginnings, that the weight of grief can transform into gentle resolve. In that moment, you stand taller — softer, wiser, freer. You learn that closure isn’t a loss, but a step forward into possibility.

Question for Readers:

What turning-point in your life made your heart realize there was no going back — and how did that change shape your next step?

Making Friends with Life’s Mysteries

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Some questions will never have answers—but peace begins the moment we stop demanding one and start listening to what the mystery is teaching us.

Do you want to drive yourself nuts? Do you want to give yourself sleepless nights? If you do I can tell you how to do it. You won’t need an extra cup of coffee right before bed. You won’t have to read a frightful story while you’re waiting to close your eyes. You won’t have to look at all kinds of digital optics flashing at you to keep you awake. All you have to do is ask yourself why and try to figure out why something happened in your life when there is no apparent answer for it happening. Some things in our life are a mystery and they are meant to say a mystery. The great philosophers tell us to learn to live the mystery. I’ve never quite figured out what they meant by that. My own way of looking at it is to try, and sometimes it is extremely difficult, to make friends with the mystery. The answer to the mystery will never be given to us, at least in this lifetime. I think it’s there to teach us a lesson, perhaps many lessons. As we begin to learn the lessons the power of the mystery over us begins to lesson. We will all experience mysteries. We may as well make friends with the mysteries in our life and not let seeking an answer keep us awake.

What mystery in your life have you struggled to accept—and how might befriending it bring you a sense of calm or clarity?

Crossing the Bar ~ A Poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson

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Crossing the Bar: Finding Peace in Life’s Final Journey

Tennyson’s timeless poem reminds us that life’s end is not a tragedy to be feared but a serene crossing toward a greater homecoming.

Crossing the Bar

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Sunset and evening star,

      And one clear call for me!

And may there be no moaning of the bar,

      When I put out to sea,

   But such a tide as moving seems asleep,

      Too full for sound and foam,

When that which drew from out the boundless deep

      Turns again home.

   Twilight and evening bell,

      And after that the dark!

And may there be no sadness of farewell,

      When I embark;

   For tho’ from out our bourne of Time and Place

      The flood may bear me far,

I hope to see my Pilot face to face

      When I have crost the bar.

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Reflection

Alfred Lord Tennyson’s “Crossing the Bar” is a serene meditation on the transition from life to death. Rather than expressing fear, he offers a vision of calm acceptance—a spiritual voyage guided by faith. The “bar” represents the threshold between life and the infinite beyond, where the soul moves from the temporal to the eternal. Tennyson’s imagery—sunset, twilight, and the Pilot—invites us to see death not as loss but as passage, a return to the source from which we came. His quiet confidence and hope reflect a life reconciled with mystery, surrendering to what lies ahead with grace.

Death, in Tennyson’s view, is not an ending but a homecoming—a moment of meeting “the Pilot face to face.”

Question for Readers:

When you think about life’s final crossing, what gives you comfort—the idea of reunion, the peace of completion, or the mystery itself?

Today’s Quote: When You Love Someone

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When you love someone, you love the person as they are, and not as you’d like them to be.” ― Leo Tolstoy

Acceptance ~ A Poem by Langston Hughes

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Acceptance

Langston Hughes

God in His infinite wisdom
Did not make me very wise-
So when my actions are stupid
They hardly take God by surprise

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Podcast: The Power of Perception: Transforming Suffering into Healing

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In this episode of Journey from Grief to Healing, Dr. Ray Calabrese explores the transformative power of perception in our experience of suffering. Drawing wisdom from Marcel Proust, Wayne Dyer, Viktor Frankl, and Kahlil Gibran, he uncovers how acceptance, rather than resistance, can help us move through grief. Through powerful metaphors—like the inevitability of the tide washing away sandcastles—Dr. Calabrese invites listeners to see suffering not as something to escape, but as a teacher that shapes us. If you’ve ever wondered how to navigate grief in a way that brings understanding and healing, this episode is for you.

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Acceptance ~ A Poem by Robert Frost

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Acceptance

Robert Frost

When the spent sun throws up its rays on cloud
And goes down burning into the gulf below,
No voice in nature is heard to cry aloud
At what has happened. Birds, at least must know
It is the change to darkness in the sky.
Murmuring something quiet in her breast,
One bird begins to close a faded eye;
Or overtaken too far from his nest,
Hurrying low above the grove, some waif
Swoops just in time to his remembered tree.
At most he thinks or twitters softly, ‘Safe!
Now let the night be dark for all of me.
Let the night be too dark for me to see
Into the future. Let what will be, be.’

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Today’s Poem: Acceptance by Robert Frost

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Acceptance

Robert Frost

When the spent sun throws up its rays on cloud
And goes down burning into the gulf below,
No voice in nature is heard to cry aloud
At what has happened. Birds, at least must know
It is the change to darkness in the sky.
Murmuring something quiet in her breast,
One bird begins to close a faded eye;
Or overtaken too far from his nest,
Hurrying low above the grove, some waif
Swoops just in time to his remembered tree.
At most he thinks or twitters softly, ‘Safe!
Now let the night be dark for all of me.
Let the night be too dark for me to see
Into the future. Let what will be, be.’

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Feel Good Tip ~ Watch Happiness Happen

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I liked this quote from a novel I’m reading by David Baldacci, “You take life as it comes to you, and it’s really perfect.” It made a lot of sense to me. I know I’d like life to be the way I want it to be, that is seldom the case. When I allow myself to be disappointed because life isn’t the way I want it to be I become the creator of my unhappiness. When I take life as it is and do my best to make the most of it, happiness happens. Make the best of it in any moment and watch happiness happen.

Daily Inspirational Quotes

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“The best thing one can do when it’s raining is to let it rain.”

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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