❝I don't believe our prayers always land on this side of the river. I believe in a receiver, even though what may wind its way back to us is in some costume we never expected. Stories can actually be a kind of praying: a back and forth between us and the earth and its myriad dimensions. This is absolutely not the same thing as a wish list to the heavenly. I'm not telling you what to pray to — the celestial or otherwise shape of the thing. But find something to adore and keep talking to it. It'll regulate anxiety at the very least. It won't remove grief or useful remorse. But the grind of chronic or acute fear can find its expression as an alchemical progression, not a final destination.❞
Martin Shaw, 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘛𝘸𝘪𝘯
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Image: 𝘜𝘯𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘺𝘳𝘦, Sarah Paxton Ball Dodson (1891)
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