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April 15, 2021

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Instructions on Not Giving Up

“It was a hard winter. My whole body raged against it. But right as the world feels uninhabitable something miraculous happens: the trees come back. I wanted to praise that ordinary thing as a way of bringing myself back to.” Listen to Ada Limon share her poem “Instructions on Not Giving Up.” { read more }

Be The Change

Reflect with a close friend or family member, on where you’ve each encountered the indestructible along life’s path.

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April 14, 2021

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Four Winged Poems

“This time of year, the birds catch my attention and hold it. The robins are back, or maybe they’re just bolder. I see them most in this early spring season, when the worms are warming up out of the soil. The goldfinches are muted still, their diets not yet offering the delights that turn their plumage bright. And the mourning doves are crying all day long…I love the way that watching them helps slow me down. This time of year, life can start to seem crowded and hectic. The school term is almost over, though there is still much work to complete. Longer days seem to come with more demands. I am grateful, then, for the birds.” Orion’s poetry editor Camille T. Dungy shares a selection of her favorite bird poems here. { read more }

Be The Change

Pay special attention to the birds in your area today. What do your observations reveal to you?

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April 13, 2021

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Left Behind: Surviving Suicide Loss

In the spring of 2017, Nandini Murali, a South Indian journalist and author, returned from an out-of-town assignment to an eerily quiet home. Typically, her husband would greet her at the front door, but that morning he hadn’t answered her phone calls. It was Nandini who discovered his body, and confronted an unfathomable reality. T.R. Murali, one of the most prominent urologists in India, and her beloved husband of 33 years, had ended his own life. “Space dissolved,” writes Nandini, of that moment. “Time stood still. The axis of my life heaved, cracked and split.” On the first anniversary of her husband’s death, Nandini launched SPEAK (Suicide Prevention Postvention Education Awareness Knowledge). SPEAK seeks to cultivate awareness instead of stigma, and to break the taboos, shame, and secrecy around suicide through public campaigns and sensitization. Through SPEAK, Nandini has mobilized social support for prevention, intervention, and postvention efforts in India and beyond.In the course of these efforts, her searing personal grief has shape-shifted into deeply activated compassion and powerful clarity of purpose.Read an excerpt from her new book, “Left Behind: Surviving Suicide Loss.” { read more }

Be The Change

Join this Saturday’s Awakin Call with Nandini Murali, “Owning Our Stories: Breaking the Silence Around Suicide to Heal Self & Society.” More details and RSVP info here. { more }

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April 13, 2021

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Left Behind: Surviving Suicide Loss

In the spring of 2017, Nandini Murali, a South Indian journalist and author, returned from an out-of-town assignment to an eerily quiet home. Typically, her husband would greet her at the front door, but that morning he hadn’t answered her phone calls. It was Nandini who discovered his body, and confronted an unfathomable reality. T.R. Murali, one of the most prominent urologists in India, and her beloved husband of 33 years, had ended his own life. “Space dissolved,” writes Nandini, of that moment. “Time stood still. The axis of my life heaved, cracked and split.” On the first anniversary of her husband’s death, Nandini launched SPEAK (Suicide Prevention Postvention Education Awareness Knowledge). SPEAK seeks to cultivate awareness instead of stigma, and to break the taboos, shame, and secrecy around suicide through public campaigns and sensitization. Through SPEAK, Nandini has mobilized social support for prevention, intervention, and postvention efforts in India and beyond.In the course of these efforts, her searing personal grief has shape-shifted into deeply activated compassion and powerful clarity of purpose.Read an excerpt from her new book, “Left Behind: Surviving Suicide Loss.” { read more }

Be The Change

Join this Saturday’s Awakin Call with Nandini Murali, “Owning Our Stories: Breaking the Silence Around Suicide to Heal Self & Society.” More details and RSVP info here. { more }

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April 12, 2021

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Mary Clayton: Beautiful Scars

“When the Rolling Stones released “Gimme Shelter” in 1969, everyone recognized Mick Jagger. But at the time, no one knew who that voice — you know the one — belonged to.It was Merry Clayton, one of the most in-demand back-up singers of her day.” In the decades that ensued she rose to prominence, but her ascending trajectory was put on hold when a car accident resulted in the amputation of both her legs. “Now, almost seven years after her accident, Merry Clayton is back with a new solo album, Beautiful Scars.” This NPR pieces shares more. { read more }

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Reflect on the beautiful scars that you have witnessed in your own life.

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April 11, 2021

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Thirteen to One: New Stories for an Age of Disaster

“Whenever an earthquake strikes Japan, the myth of the giant catfish Onamazu reminds people that the living world is full of complex meaning. In the face of repeated natural disasters, Marie Mutsuki Mockett looks to her mother’s homeland to recall stories that could change our relationship with what we call ‘nature.'” { read more }

Be The Change

Is there a myth, legend or story that you carry in your heart that has helped shape your relationship to the world? If so, share it with someone today.

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