Nature’s first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf’s a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
Robert Frost, 1874 – 1963
Unaddressed grief, loss or disappointment can be hidden behind words people say as well as how they participate (or don’t) in community life. Under the surface of someone’s negativity, fear or resistance to change, might be a honest hurt or disappointment that has never had the space to be heard or acknowledged. Do you recognise any of these statements?