- Loss
- Shock and disbelief
- Guilt and self-recrimination
- Questioning Life: The existential dilemma
- Isolation/versus communion
- Futility and depression
- The void and the abyss
- Anger and action
- Reconnection
- Meaning and realization
- Manifesting new directions
- Re-invigorated Life
The Grief and Hope Calendar takes the reader on a healing journey through twelve stations of time which constitutes one year beginning at the point of loss and ending with new perspective.
9/11 dramatized the temporal nature of life in an instant. It also illustrated the great interconnectedness which characterizes life on this Planet. We are not isolated individual entities. In our immense grief it becomes clear that all of us depend on the sacred synergy of each other and our natural world for continued existence.
With compelling images by Ike Karnick reflecting the inner turmoil of deep loss, and poetic text by Dr. Andrea Gould, the psychological process of sadness through transformation and new beginnings emerge. Each station on our calendar (or month if one prefers) includes a self-examining question, a poem, an image and a supportive direction for change.
9/11 leaves us the legacy of both sides of our connection to and separation from each other and our natural world. The impetus for and the consequences of this present day tragedy leave us grieving for all life that is lost and gone forever. The emptiness that remains allows us to fill ourselves with new realizations and hopefully more intelligent and creative ways of being.
This great opportunity can be transferred to the entire problem of life on earth for the human race. It is within this greater emphasis that our individual lives have meaning regardless of our personal tragedies. It is here that hope resides.
We opened the 21st century with an event destined to change the direction of the world and survival of all species. We stand on the threshold of using our despair to design new ways of living in sustainable personal and global connection.
Lucid Learning Systems, Inc. is devoted to educating about the process of change. Our mission statement "Enlightened Information for Transformation" directs us to translate psychological research and psycho-spiritual practice into functional/ inspirational information to help people embrace life's dilemmas and inevitable transitions.
Author: Dr. Andrea S. Gould is a lifespan psychologist and social artist with an independent private and consulting practice on Long Island. She is the founder of Lucid Learning Systems which, since 1983 has crafted curricula, designed programs and provided creative leadership for people and projects in the process of change. She has devoted her life's work to helping individuals and organizations to maximize their effectiveness in managing transition. Dr. Gould is the Director of Berry Hill Health Associates, a multi-disciplinary education and wellness center in Syosset, New York. She is presently collaborating with Ike Karnick on a book which explores the interface of global economics, human motivation and environmental sustainability.
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