We Need a Cultural Container to Hold Each Other's Pain

Our culture is largely inept when it comes to rituals that help us process pain and suffering.

Dear Ponders,

In this dispatch from Lily Pond, I’m going to raise an important but uncomfortable issue for you to ponder. My mission here is to get all of us to ponder on important but taboo subjects that are nonetheless parts of the human condition. So today, I invite you to think about how our modern culture could do better to support those who are suf…