God’s Dictionary: Sorrow

By on April 30, 2009 in Relationships

Sorrow 

sar = sore

 

            Sorrow is sadness times a thousand. Often it is associated with grief, or prolonged sadness. When someone is sorrowing, their soul is sore, from the Anglo-Saxon, sar. Soul soreness is not as unusual as you might think. Sometimes people call it regret, or unforgiveness, or hatred, or resentment. Whatever its cause, the soreness can be unbearable. 

          When someone comes to me with sorrow, regardless of its origins, I recommend Sorrow Appointments. They serve the same function as gravestones in cemeteries. When you go to visit someone’s grave, you don’t stay there forever.  You go, you visit, you do your talking to whoever is symbolically there, and you leave, knowing you can go back whenever you need to go back. The same with Sorrow Appointments. Make an agreement with yourself every day to do thirty minutes of sorrowing, and then leave it till your next appointment. If you’ll do this for a few weeks, you’ll be decidedly less sore because you’ve honored your sorrow. Ask:  How can I keep my sorrow from becoming sore today?

Infinition:

          If I carry sorrows, I set up my Sorrow Appointments right now for the next few weeks. As I honor my sorrow, my soul soreness is eased.

 

reprinted from God’s Dictionary (Tarcher/Putnam 2002)

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One Response to God’s Dictionary: Sorrow

  1. Jasmina April 30, 2009 at 10:00 pm #

    This is a good point Susan. I often make those kind of appointments in a long bath, where the tears can wash down the drain and back to the Earth, Our Sweet Mother. Thanks for reminding us it is not permanent, just sometimes part of life, love Jas