metaphors

New Podcast: The Storm Has Passed: Finding Your Way Through Grief

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📌 Podcast Summary

In this episode of Journey from Grief to Healing, Ray reflects on how grieving reshapes our understanding of loss, compassion, and what it means to live fully again. Through personal stories, metaphors, and poetry by Tagore and Mary Oliver, Ray guides listeners from the darkness of grief toward the light of renewal. If you’ve ever felt stuck behind the bars of sorrow, this episode offers a gentle nudge to help you open the door to hope, joy, and the wonders waiting beyond.

5 Salient Points

  • Grieving transforms how we empathize with others—we only truly understand grief when we experience it ourselves.
  • Avoiding grief delays healing; grieving is therapeutic and necessary for moving forward in life.
  • Support—whether from friends, therapists, or grief groups—helps us “row the canoe” of sorrow with more strength and direction.
  • Grief can feel like being locked in a cell, but the door is often open—we need the courage to step through to freedom.
  • Embracing life again, like Mary Oliver’s dog in the snow, is an act of joy, resilience, and reclaiming our right to happiness.

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Thinking Out Loud ~ It’s Time to Wake Up

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Set it Aside, At Least Temporarily

Thoreau writes in “Walking,” “  I am alarmed when it happens that I have walked a mile into the woods bodily, without getting there in spirit.  In my afternoon walk I would fain forget all my morning occupations and my obligations to society.  But it sometimes happens that I cannot easily shake off the village.  The thought of some work will run in my head and I am not where my body is—I am out of my senses.” P. 740

Walking is available online and gutenberg.org under the Harvard Classics.

NOTE: I can relate to what Thoreau is saying here. If I am beset with an issue, I can carry it with me and ruminate on it throughout an entire workout at the gym. I can carry it with me when i go to church and wonder when the church service is over what the sermon was all about. And, it’s happened to me when I go for a walk. If we can become aware of our issues or problems and set them aside on a metaphoric table before we commence going on with something else we will feel much better. Pope Francis referred to this as being awake. Am I awake to what I am feeling, thinking, and doing? If I am, it changes everything. I can make a decision that is more physically, emotionally, and spiritually healthy for me. Here’s hoping you can set aside your problems and challenges on your metaphoric table.

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