[embed]https://youtu.be/1kD6FWoMJ2k[/embed]Here's Episode 61 of Turning Towards Life, a weekly live 30 minute conversation hosted by thirdspace coaching in which Justin Wise and Lizzie Winn dive deep into big questions of human living.You can join our members-only facebook group here to watch live and join in the lively comment conversation on this episode. You can also watch previous episodes there, and on our YouTube channel.This week we begin with a source written by Lizzie:

Only One Wild Way

Being broken open is the gateway to GodLetting creation in, allowing the DivineMeans living from a truly softened heartAnd it means letting life have its wayIt hurts and it’s physically painfulWe tried to fight to keep it closedThere’s only one wild way to live once you’ve been openedLike a can of sardines and the metal is sliced and the lid can’t be put back on againThere’s no shutting up shopBacking into oblivion againNot for an opened heartBeaten around by lifeBy what happenedWho I’ve becomeWhat they didWho they areAnd everything elseA heart once opened is like that foreverAnd maybe that’s what grief is made ofThe love becomes fully obvious when the body is removed from our touchAnd it’s hard to bear how much we love each otherIt hurts to go directIt pains to be truly and messily intimateAnd as we wriggle into this spaceOf deep connectionIn all its Individual and specific gloryWe find ourselvesUnseparatedExcruciatingly aligned with life itSelfAs it sears through usAnd wipes us outAt the same time as bringing us to lifeAs our shell falls awayAnd we are mushySmashed to smithereensWe run the bathMake dinnerWonder what our loved ones might like for a Christmas giftPut the bins outAnd carry onWith our broken hearts leaking out love just about everywhere

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