Comments on: The Gifts of Sadness

By: SocraticGadfly

SocraticGadfly — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 02:33:27 +0000

Sometimes the sadness, even the tears, may come with out any “forcing”; I say, don’t resist, but listen after they’re done.

By: Karla

Karla — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 03:12:25 +0000

Welcome Jaime. Yes, people are not very awake to the gifts of sadness and grief, which makes the work of legitimately grieving people much harder than it needs to be.

Take care of yourself, breathe often and let your body relax, and know that you’re not alone!

Blessings,
Karla

By: Jaime Koehler

Jaime Koehler — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 16:41:58 +0000

Hi Karla,

I am going through a very painful divorce & I feel like most people I know are uncomfortable with my pain & it makes me feel very alone…a friend gave me the link to this article and it really helped so thank you!

By: Karla

Karla — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:45:30 +0000

Hi Jackie, it can be that sadness is preparing you for a future loss, but sadness also comes up in situations of great intimacy, when the thing we have to let go of (because it doesn’t work anymore) is our sense of isolation and separateness. Sadness is an all-purpose emotion, and it may be clearing you out for new delights!

By: Jackie

Jackie — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 23:39:11 +0000

I love sadness too, it really gives so much! After reading your post, I just made a connection about a few experiences and wanted to see if its true. While in a relationship or friendship, if sadness comes up, for no reason externally or no provocation, and then later or soon after the relationship comes to an end…..could it be that the sadness was signaling by way of intuition that the relationship was about the be let go of?

By: Karla

Karla — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 04:21:57 +0000

Yay Lennie! And from the other side of that, I'm moving this week and going through absolutely everything, and really seeing what I need and bagging up the stuff I don't. Interestingly, I'm much more prone to crying about things this week! I think my emotions are trying to help me. Let it go! Here's a great song for you when you're letting things go -- it's one of my favorites: Abbey Lincoln, Throw it Away

By: Lennie

Lennie — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 12:03:06 +0000

Hi Karla,
As a newbie to your work I realize now that I don’t need to be ashamed because of the huge sadness that I’m feeling…just need to let go of tons of clutter. Thanks Karla!

By: Creating our emotional vocabulary « Karla McLaren

Creating our emotional vocabulary « Karla McLaren — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 03:02:58 +0000

[...] Sadness is the wonderful emotion that helps you let go of things that aren’t working anyway. Most of us avoid sadness as if it is the thing that created the loss in the first place. It isn’t. In its healthy sate, sadness is evoked by the fact that you need to let go of something. Listening to sadness can help you let go of things that don’t work so that you can make room for things that do. [...]

By: Intuition is what? « Karla McLaren

Intuition is what? « Karla McLaren — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 22:33:09 +0000

[...] my post on the gifts of sadness, we learned to channel sadness and access the gifts of relaxation and revitalization it brings us. [...]

By: Simon

Simon — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 10:53:39 +0000

Yep. Kings of Convenience’s music is Sadness itself. I’m glad you liked it.

I realize that people will do ANYTHING not to feel emotions like Sadness or Fear. It’s truly sad (no pun intended).

Also, when you reply or comment here, I don’t get a reply email or notification. Just letting you know.