Your initial thought may be to say 'No Way'. How can anything that causes us so much pain and heartache be considered a gift?
Over the past few years I have experienced lots of Grief. It has come with all the expected emotions: heartache, tears and unimaginable loss. Each loss is now a part of my life history. It is a part of me. Yet despite my grief, everyday the sun rises and sets and life goes on.
You put one foot in front of the other and move forward. You breathe, you reflect, you grow and you pray for the ability to go on. You ask all the heavenly beings to help you gain wisdom and compassion. You strive to find faith and hope.
Over the past six months, I have come to appreciate grief as a gift. Not a gift I necessarily wanted, but a gift none the less. I have learned to feel the pain and not hide from it. I have learned to accept what I can not change and move from it. I have learned to feel the loss, but not become lost in it. I found a peace in grief that I did not expect.
The last loss I experienced was the passing of our dog, Jojo. She left us way too soon. But she left me a strength and peace that I can't explain. I believe those we love, and those who love us unconditionally are never far from us. I have believed this for a long time, but now it is more than a belief.
It is something I know. It is a part of me. A true sense of peace, a calmness, a true feeling of gratitude; that has been the gift of grief to me.
Over the past few years I have experienced lots of Grief. It has come with all the expected emotions: heartache, tears and unimaginable loss. Each loss is now a part of my life history. It is a part of me. Yet despite my grief, everyday the sun rises and sets and life goes on.
You put one foot in front of the other and move forward. You breathe, you reflect, you grow and you pray for the ability to go on. You ask all the heavenly beings to help you gain wisdom and compassion. You strive to find faith and hope.
Over the past six months, I have come to appreciate grief as a gift. Not a gift I necessarily wanted, but a gift none the less. I have learned to feel the pain and not hide from it. I have learned to accept what I can not change and move from it. I have learned to feel the loss, but not become lost in it. I found a peace in grief that I did not expect.
The last loss I experienced was the passing of our dog, Jojo. She left us way too soon. But she left me a strength and peace that I can't explain. I believe those we love, and those who love us unconditionally are never far from us. I have believed this for a long time, but now it is more than a belief.
It is something I know. It is a part of me. A true sense of peace, a calmness, a true feeling of gratitude; that has been the gift of grief to me.