Sadness

Rest in peace Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Your humanity, humility, humor and honourableness will always inspire me.

“Sadness is in many ways the emotion that causes us to reach out to one another in support and solidarity. The Archbishop expressed it quite wonderfully when he explained, “We don’t really get close to others if our relationship is made up of unending hunky-dory-ness. It is the hard times, the painful times, the sadness and the grief that knit us more closely together.” A funeral is perhaps the most obvious example of this weaving of our relationships and community together, but even tears are a signal to others that we need comfort and kindness, that we are vulnerable and need help.”

From “The Book of Joy.” by Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu