{"id":723,"date":"2021-01-15T15:33:11","date_gmt":"2021-01-15T20:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/?p=723"},"modified":"2021-01-15T15:33:11","modified_gmt":"2021-01-15T20:33:11","slug":"reflection-from-marianne-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/reflection-from-marianne-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflection from Marianne"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Yin and Yang<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This week I was honored to deliver a eulogy for one of our dear residents, Ellie Wells, who passed away in December.  In preparation for writing Ellie\u2019s eulogy, I spoke with her children so I could represent her life more fully.  When I speak with family members and ask them to tell me about their loved one\u2019s life, there is often a tendency to focus on the positive parts of a loved one\u2019s life and remember the many happy times they shared together.  When I spoke with Ellie\u2019s children, I was impressed with their willingness to openly share the difficult times, as well as the joyful parts, of their mother\u2019s life.  They recognized both of these experiences are what shaped Ellie\u2019s character and her unique wholeness. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Delivering Ellie\u2019s eulogy has prompted me to reflect on the Yin and Yang of Chinese philosophy dating back to the I Ching <\/em>of 700 BCE. Yin and Yang are opposite and complementary energies. They are fundamentally balanced with one another, and interdependent. One cannot exist without the other, and nothing can be purely one or the other; together they create a whole. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As human beings, it is both the joys and the sorrows \u2013 Yin and Yang experiences \u2013 that give us the ability to grow, to learn, and to shape our unique wholeness of character.  What are the Yin and Yang experiences in your life that create wholeness?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marianne DiBlasi, CPE Intern<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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