60 Seconds for Time Out Tuesday: Out of Shatteredness Blooms the Unshatterable

<p>Hello to you listening in <a href="https://www.tameside.gov.uk/stalybridge/facts" target="_blank">Stalybridge, UK</a>!</p><p>And check out this fun video about the most famous service on Britain's railways: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmfI9YEj-k0" target="_blank">the Stockbridge to Stalybridge Parliamentary Train</a>.  </p><p>Coming to you from Whidbey Island, Washington this is Stories From Women Who Walk with 60 Seconds for Time Out Tuesday and your host, Diane Wyzga.</p><p>Sometimes when we are in the thick of it we are hard pressed to make sense of the darkness, the loss, the confusion, the uncertainty. When you are ready the poet Rashani has words you can lean on to help you begin anew:</p><p><a href="https://www.rashani.com/arts/poems/poems-by-rashani" target="_blank"><strong>The Unbroken</strong></a></p><p>"<i>There is a brokenness</i></p><p><i>out of which comes the unbroken,</i></p><p><i>a shatteredness</i></p><p><i>out of which blooms the unshatterable.</i></p><p><i>There is a sorrow</i></p><p><i>beyond all grief which leads to joy</i></p><p><i>and a fragility</i></p><p><i>out of whose depths emerges strength.</i></p><p> </p><p><i>There is a hollow space</i></p><p><i>too vast for words</i></p><p><i>through which we pass with each loss,</i></p><p><i>out of whose darkness</i></p><p><i>we are sanctioned into being.</i></p><p> </p><p><i>There is a cry deeper than all sound</i></p><p><i>whose serrated edges cut the heart</i></p><p><i>as we break open to the place inside</i></p><p><i>which is unbreakable and whole,</i></p><p><i>while learning to sing</i>."  <strong> [</strong><a href="https://www.rashani.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Rashani Rea</strong></a><strong>]</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>You’re invited</strong>: “<i>Come for the stories - stay for the magic</i>!” Speaking of magic, I hope you’ll subscribe, share a nice shout out on your social media or podcast channel of choice, and join us next time! <strong>Remember to stop by the website, check out the Services, arrange a Discover