Thanks to Paul for leading DPX last Sunday. He read from a Pemma Chodron book…. “We need to resist resentments and hardening and try to interpret our patterns, learning to stay with uncertainty, rather than shutting down.” Pemma says, “Be cool when the ground beneath us disappears”. This lead our group into an intimate discussion of death and grieving. Jen spoke of embracing uncomfortable emotions around grieving the loss of people that are still around. Beth commented that sometimes grief and sadness overwhelms the capacity of our practice and when that happens we need to avoid judgement, let go of “I should be feeling…” and sit with grief until it breaks through to self-compassion. Melissa said feeling grief, loss and pain gives us a fuller appreciation of joy when it happens.