Soulfull living musings

Wishing you a peaceful Easter Sunday :)

Whether or not you observe today in a religious sense, it is a day/weekend ingrained within the collective consciousness. 

It's a time of death and re-birth. I don't follow a particular religion but did as a child and have read much about the teachings of Jesus since, and the role and significance of Mary Magdalene. 

I still don't understand why the human condition is such that we need to go through pain in order to grow!  But it seems to be the way for many of us, especially those of us who are healers.... the path of the 'wounded healer' isn't easy - or short! At least not in my experience. 

I still puzzle why various life tragedies which we experience sends some of us off into a path of spiritual and personal exploration where others don't. I wonder why we can't have an easier 'opening' to this path?  Rumi's famous quote 'the wound is the place where the light enters' is never more relevant than today. I truly...