Teen Grief Spill

The natural world doesn't make things that aren't useful. Even painful things - fires and floods and every kind of death - support abundance. We are part of nature. What if the world needs our grief like it needs every other naturally occurring thing? What if keeping grief inside robs the ecosystem of something vital and nourishing? What if letting our grief out is generous? 

The unique and specific griefs of 15-20 year olds are as much a part of nature as the griefs of so-called adult grievers. At this gathering we’ll each take a few minutes to spill our grief, and witness each other as we do. We will practice letting out the things that so often we are told to hide, made to make nice, expected to forget. We might talk about the sorrows of the world, the places within us that have not known love, or what…