I have been doing a lot of thinking about the grieving process lately. I feel it is one of the most challenging times to go through in our lives when you are dealt in life with a great loss. It could be through death or in the now. The loss of someone you love is extremely painful. We all experience this pain at some time or another in our lives. My question is how do we live life through the pain? Does it ever go away? How do we get up in the morning and find the strength to take those few steps forward when the grief has shadowed our hearts?
I know going through my own personal grief I have picked up many books. You know, that professional advice on how to let go of stuff and move on. Those detailed steps to take to the cure of being free of the greif. You may even hear that societal advice whispered in your ear...buck up and move on and put a smile on our face. We live in such a time centered dimension and I don't think you can place boundaries on grief and I also think it is okay to feel it to the fullest when needed for to feel is to heal. When something traumatic such as loss occurs in our lives I don't think it goes away fully. I feel it stays with us, but we learn to move with it, feeling it less as we go on our paths but sometimes we are triggered to remember and to feel it is okay and to let the tears flow to release it. I feel this strengthens our spirit in living life. Trusting Spirit is my own personal key in this grieving process. I don't know what I would do if I did not have this awareness of love and the trust of Spirit in my life.
So that next time you feel down, try taking a long walk in nature, cry in your pillow, talk to Spirit and a friend you can trust and move the energy flow the best you can and know it is okay and that you are not alone. It is okay to still love what you lost. It is a beautiful, special gift and a part of living our lives to the fullest. And then as you let go through releasing and move into the brighter days take that special love with you in your heart for I believe it turns into the inspiration and magic on your path.
And So It Is!
