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By: Terresa Wellborn

Terresa Wellborn — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 07:29:08 +0000

Beyond mountains there are mountains. That is huge.

Rilke had it right in saying to live through the questions until some distant day we find the answers {if they exist}.

PS: You mentioned post partum in a previous post. Did you have PPD? And could you point me to some of your posts about it?

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By: Dani Shapiro

Dani Shapiro — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:41:07 +0000

Reading through your beautiful, supportive words I feel very much understood, Lindsey. It is so much about living inside the questions — and when you write a book about these matters, many people do thing (or hope!) that you have answers. But there are no answers. Only–as Thomas Merton put it–the darkness. And the darkness is enough. I so appreciate your response to Devotion.

By: Nicki

Nicki — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:03:23 +0000

Come jump into the uncertainty pool! The water is not too cold but is jarring at first. Not having the answers is a given as we go through life. I struggle with this constantly but know that the questions are, in most cases, as important, if not more, than the answers.

By: wholly jeanne

wholly jeanne — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:32:59 +0000

so there i was, stuck. snowed-in. but i had internet, and when i read your post about dani shapiro’s book, devotion, i committed a first: i ordered an ebook. as for living the questions, it can take some getting used to (and, actually, you never really do) (at least i haven’t), but living in the questions can make for a most interesting life. i have a cousin who’s a bishop in the episcopal church, and he says the questions are his favorite part.

By: Alana

Alana — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:01:01 +0000

I love your commitment to your journey – to really allowing the discomfort and the questions instead of just giving them lip service. I love that you were able to sit back and notice what other people were looking for in their questions to Dani. I love that there’s another book to add to my mountainous pile. Lots of love here…:)

By: Ronna Detrick

Ronna Detrick — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:32:00 +0000

My privilege and honor to have conversation(s) with you, Lindsey. And it continues: this post is a beautiful articulation of and invitation into what ambivalence is all about, why it must be maintained, what it offers. Indeed, mountains beyond mountains. I’m climbing them with you! And grateful.

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By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:24:19 +0000

The interesting thing about answers is that once we know them, they change.

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