Hi Michele, As Kevin guessed, we have a glitch in our system that did pull in a few questions (along with answers) from last year. That said, we have lots of new questions mixed in with “recycled” ones so you will continue to see questions repeated (but hopefully without earlier responses included!). Our hope is that repeated questions will elicit fresh responses and, as Kevin remarks below, invite you to engage the question more deeply than you might have first time around. Thanks for being here! And thank you for your patience with our system, its glitches, imperfections and gifts. With warmth and gratitude, Saoirse

Hi Kevin, Yes! We are aware of this glitch. This particular question was in a “pending” file and surprised us here this morning – sorry about that! Also, you may have noticed, occasionally two questions appear. Our system if full of surprises! That said, many of the questions recycle (like you mention in your comment below) and that is purposeful. We recognize that we all change over time so the questions can elicit a fresh response after some time has passed. We also add new questions regularly. We love that you have been participating in this practice for 5 years and are finding opportunities to consider questions more thoroughly and deeply. Lovely. Thank you all for your patience!

Hello Creek, Br. David has often said that there are many things that we can’t be grateful *for* — certainly depression/C-PTSD could be included in that list (along with war, violence, etc.) — but that it may be helpful to open to the possibility that we can be grateful for an *opportunity* that the situation may provide. “Healing comes when you see the opportunity for growth that a painful situation has provided.” I love that you write “But I can appreciate that tears can be a cathartic release.” This simple acknowledgement of appreciating the cathartic release of tears is beautiful and points to the part of you which is already open to opportunity. You ask about other places on the site, and perhaps by now you have explored further and found some articles, videos, Q&As, poetry, or practices that have been helpful. I like Sheila’s encouragement to click on ‘explore’ and then visit ‘new to gratefulness.org?’ to orient yourself. We encourage you to roam around, there’s a lot here! Also under ‘explore’ you can click on ‘Areas of interest’ and there you will find an area called ‘healing the mind’ which may be helpful. Lastly, many in our community have told us how comforting they find our ‘Light a Candle” feature which can be found in the list under ‘Practice.’ Sometimes sitting quietly with an intention and ‘lighting’ a candle can soothe or transform a moment. In fact, I’m going to go there now to light a candle for you. It will ‘burn’ for 24 hours and will carry my wish that you find peace. With all well wishes to you, dear Creek, from Saoirse on behalf of the gratefulness team.