\n<\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\nIn his whole being you can sense a tiredness with struggle and the desire not to battle any longer. It\u2019s a journey I\u2019ve witnessed before, with my father-in-law, and one that everyone of us will at some time and in some way take. And in the sense of tiredness, it\u2019s not something restricted to the end of life experience. This song also highlights;<\/p>\n\n\n\nAll the people under broken homes \u2026 All the people nursing shattered bones \u2026 etc etc<\/p>\n\n\n\nSuffering, and even despair, are common features of life. And this can often lead us to question: Why? I don\u2019t think there is any satisfactory answer. The song suggests:<\/p>\n\n\n\nBut there’s no profit in peace, so we’ve gotta fight some more.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nAnd there is some element of truth in this. Yet there is no real satisfactory answer for suffering. Whilst some of the things which make us suffer as individuals and communities may be as a result of our individual or communal behaviour, there is still much which simply does not make sense.<\/p>\n\n\n\nI\u2019d observe from my work and experiences of life, that the only way to respond to suffering is twofold; emotional integrity and acceptance. It strikes me that it is important that we recognise and show some congruence with our feelings. This may include anger, frustration, despair, or a whole range of powerful and \u2018negative\u2019 emotions. Yet, this needs to be complimented with acceptance too. A willingness not only to accept how we feel, but also the facts of the situation. This doesn\u2019t mean accepting injustice or pretending that there should be no response on our part but does recognise the only place we can journey from is that where we find ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSo, like many others, over the coming weeks and months, I\u2019ll be needing to put this in to practice. But I\u2019ll do so in the knowledge that I\u2019m not alone in this all too human experience of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\nWant to know you\u2019re not alone in life\u2019s journey? Why not consider <a href=\"https:\/\/keia.co.uk\/profile\/realign-coaching\">booking an appointment<\/a> with the author, Dr Dave Wood?<a href=\"https:\/\/keia.co.uk\/profile\/realign-coaching\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Book an appointment<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nTaken from the album:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/B000025AD3\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=B000025AD3&linkCode=as2&tag=drdavewood-21&linkId=b4c0b7b567964601f0bca09a049945fa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ws-eu.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=GB&ASIN=B000025AD3&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL250_&tag=drdavewood-21\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Exploring times of despair.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":341,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_oct_exclude_from_cache":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,286],"tags":[170,105,300,301],"class_list":["post-340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-1","category-january-2020","tag-despair","tag-hope","tag-ocean-colour-scene","tag-profit-in-peace"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/retune.metanoeo.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/retune.metanoeo.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/retune.metanoeo.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/retune.metanoeo.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/retune.metanoeo.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=340"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/retune.metanoeo.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":498,"href":"https:\/\/retune.metanoeo.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340\/revisions\/498"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/retune.metanoeo.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/retune.metanoeo.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/retune.metanoeo.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/retune.metanoeo.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}