“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.”-Arthur Ashe A pitfall of life is getting caught up in the race to be more, be ahead of the game, be pushing for the next whatever, be comparing ourselves to the past…essentially occupying any moment other than the present. Grief doesn’t mesh withContinueContinue reading “Monday Mediation: Start Simply.”
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Monday Meditation: The High Road
“Take the high road. No matter how much strife, and consternation, frustration and anger you may be confronted with–don’t go to that level.” -Tim Gunn One of the unexpected challenges of grieving (for me at least) was dealing with grief supporters who, instead of supporting my path, used their time to put down my choicesContinueContinue reading “Monday Meditation: The High Road”
Monday Meditation: Reaping the Fruit
“No one can reap the fruit before planting the trees.” -Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva Grief sucks. We’d like to grow from the grief without having to experience the pains that go along with it. It would be great if grief pain was like a twenty-four hour bug, and just went away as suddenly as itContinueContinue reading “Monday Meditation: Reaping the Fruit”
Monday Meditation: A Concentration of Patience
“Endurance is patience concentrated.”-Thomas Carlyle Grieving through this pandemic (or just living through it) is a great test of endurance. Grief, like our current pandemic atmosphere, is full of uncertainty, new and unavoidable stressors to face, emotional and mental fatigue, and a need to develop new problem-solving skills. Although the pandemic feels endless, there isContinueContinue reading “Monday Meditation: A Concentration of Patience”
Monday Meditation: Waiting with Patience
Patience is not simply the ability to wait–it’s how we behave while we’re waiting.-Joyce Meyer Self-isolation and social distancing require a great deal of patience. We have to wait out the run of a highly communicable virus. We have to wait out a difficult economic situation. We have to wait out loneliness. If we’re grieving,ContinueContinue reading “Monday Meditation: Waiting with Patience”