Thursday, February 24, 2011

Let Your Grief Be Like a Storm

To get the value of a storm we must be out a long time and travel far in it, so that it may penetrate our skin and we be as it were turned inside out to it, and there be no part in us but is wet and weatherbeaten...

Henry David Thoreau


Your grief is not something to be judged or analyzed or compared. It may be understood by few or by no one. No, you are not taking too long, or dwelling on it, or selfish, or ungrateful. It is not your fault. Grief comes and goes. If you are sad now, you will get better. If you are joyful now, you will be sad with grief another time. Grief is as inevitable as snow in winter and rain in spring. It can ruin you. It can restore you.

When your grief comes, let it storm.
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4 comments:

  1. Anonymous10:02 PM

    AMEN! Thank you for this.

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  2. Jill Schacter11:54 PM

    Lira, thank you for noticing. I wrote it for you after reading one of your recent posts! You inspired me.

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  3. Janice Badger Nelson8:05 AM

    I really liked this.

    I once met a man who talked to me about grief and said to 'lean into your grief, it will support you. Don't be afraid of the seemingly emptiness of it. Sometimes leaning into our grief can make us feel less alone.' I thought he was nuts, but after several losses, his words ring quite true.

    As do yours.

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  4. Jill Schacter12:42 PM

    Thanks Janice!

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