This week we suffered a terrible tragedy in Aurora, Colorado. A gunman opened fire in a movie theatre, killing 12 people and injuring another 58. In times like this, everyone grieves, and sometimes we encounter people who need us to listen and help them process the loss. Even if we didn’t know a soul in that theatre, a loss like this triggers losses of our own. A smorgasbord of feelings may arise, which, when held in a space of love and compassion, can pass instead of remaining inside and debilitating us. Knowing how to be there for one another in the midst of sorrow is a sensitivity we can al
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