Category: Grief

Choices

9/10/2021

When something bad happens, you have three choices. You can either let it define you, let it destroy you, or you can let it strengthen you. ~ Author Unknown

I’ve been thinking a lot about choices lately – how we have the freedom to make a myriad of choices and how the choices we make not only have consequences for us but also affect those around us.

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Sitting With Pain

8/13/2021

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I want to know if you can sit with pain, mine or your own, without moving to hide it or fade it or fix it. ~Oriah Mountain Dreamer

It’s hard being around anyone who is struggling with the loss of a relationship, grieving a loved one’s death, coping with the reality of a cancer diagnosis, or facing unemployment. Their hurt and pain somehow seems to seep into our pores. Our gut reaction tells us to “do something,” like make it all better, or pretend it’s not as awful as it feels…or even worse, just get some distance from it all. Oriah’s quote really nails it for me because what really is needed is to just “be there,” to sit with someone else’s pain – not to come up with a solution or act like nothing has changed.

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The Gift of Time

9/11/2020

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In light of recent personal and global losses, I’m reflecting on what's important and valued, and how I want to spend my time. I’m thinking of this time as a reset button – this time when the world has changed due to so many losses – tragic deaths, Covid-19, a cancer diagnosis – when everything is different, when I’m different.

I’ve heard many grieving people say “You know what I once thought was important isn’t important to me anymore.” I’ve heard people diagnosed with cancer say the same thing. There’s a need to re-prioritize, re-evaluate, and ask questions: What gives me joy? Who “puts into my bucket?” Who diminishes me? What kind of person do I want to be? And what do I value? I love the idea of a reset button with the choice to begin again, start over, and do things differently...

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