GRF

• You are forced to deal with a loved one’s death — When someone you love passes away, the grief and sense of loss can seem overwhelming.  And at that point, it’s incredibly easy to give in to unhealthy, “quick-fix” ways of alleviating the pain.  But you have to force yourself to do the opposite—to give yourself compassion, to sit with the powerfully difficult thoughts and feelings you have, and to open your mind to what lies ahead.  Gradually it becomes evident that death isn’t just an ending, but also a beginning.  Because while you have lost someone special, this ending, like all losses, is a moment of reinvention.  Although sad, their passing forces you to reinvent your life, and in this reinvention is an opportunity to experience beauty in new, unseen ways and places.