"The only person who can pull me down is myself, and I'm not going to let myself pull me down anymore." - C. Joybell C. Some days, you may wake up feeling so down that it seems like "getting through" is the best you can do. No one in your life can make you feel differently - you have all the power... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, May 17, 2024
Thursday, May 16, 2024
To spare oneself from grief at all costs can be achieved only through total detachment, which excludes the ability to experience happiness. ---Erich Fromm You may be avoiding your friends and family. Seeing them brings up all the sadness that you are trying to hide away from as you grieve. Do not... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, May 15, 2024
Tears have a wisdom all their own. They come when a person has relaxed enough to let go and to work through his sorrow. They are the natural bleeding of an emotional wound, carrying the poison out of the system. Here lies the road to recovery. --- F. Alexander Magoun Some scientists believe that... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, May 14, 2024
"In days that follow, I discover that anger is easier to handle than grief." - Emily Giffin, Heart of the Matter. You may want to blame the universe for your loved one's death. You may want to curse at the sky or fate or whatever force may have taken this person's gift from you. Anger is fast, and... Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, May 13, 2024
"Every morning, I wake up and forget just for a second that it happened. But once my eyes open, it buries me like a landslide of sharp, sad rocks. Once my eyes open, I'm heavy, like there's too much gravity on my heart." - Sarah Ockler, Twenty Boy Summer For longer than you expect, your loss will be... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, February 29, 2024
"June is gone. For the first time, the enormity of that hits me. Every muscle aches, my heart most of all. I am throbbing with how much I miss her. It hurts worse than anything. I don't know how I'm supposed to be expected to live day to day carrying this kind of pain. I don't know how I'm supposed... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, February 28, 2024
"Every hour that passed added to her grief because it bore her further away from the living man and because it was a tiny foretaste of the eternity she would have to spend without him. Again and again, she found herself forgetting, for the space of a heartbeat, that he was gone forever and that she... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Among other things, Kathryn knew, grief was physically exhausting. - Anita Shreve, The Pilot's Wife Grief can affect your sleep patterns. You may be sleeping more or less than normal. If you find that your sleep is significantly different since your loss, then you should be sure to see your... Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, February 26, 2024
"What people resist is not change per se, but loss." - Ronald A. Heifetz, The Practice of Adaptive Leadership: Tools and Tactics for Changing Your Organization and the World" The changes that have happened are not what you or anyone would have wanted. As part of your healing, you need to make some... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, February 25, 2024
"There is a point when grief exceeds the human capacity to emote, and as a result, one is strangely composed-" - Abraham Varghese, Cutting for Stone At the beginning of your grieving process, you may have felt like your life was going through the motions. It was like being in shock. Because of that,... Sign in to see full entry.