“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: Tend the Grief Garden
“I always see gardening as an escape, as peace really. If you are angry or troubled, nothing provides the same solace as nurturing the soil.” -Monty Don The work of healing grief can be like growing a garden. Plants and flowers need water, sunlight, and plenty of weeding to grow and thrive. When you first plantContinueContinue reading “Monday Meditation: Tend the Grief Garden”
Monday Meditation: Strength in Vulnerability
“The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong in the broken places.”-Ernest Hemingway Two of the greatest fallacies regarding brokenness, I think, are: No one gets broken/hurt by the world–life is always perfect and fairIf we admit to being broken, we are weak–there is nothing to be gained from being broken or healing fromContinueContinue reading “Monday Meditation: Strength in Vulnerability”
Monday Meditation: Open With Loving-Kindness
“Bitterness imprisons life; love releases it.” -Harry Emerson Fosdick It is easy to become angry and bitter after losing a loved one. Finding or feeling joy and hope seems impossible. We may even feel that the loss is somehow a punishment, an action taken by the universe to ruin our lives. We may even lash outContinueContinue reading “Monday Meditation: Open With Loving-Kindness”
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: Look Around You
I am going to try to pay attention to the spring. I am going to look around at the flowers, and look up at the hectic trees. I am going to close my eyes and listen.-Anne Lamott It is easy to become caught up in day-to-day activities and ignore our surroundings. It is especially easyContinueContinue reading “Monday Meditation: Look Around You”
Monday Meditation: New Year Goals
This New Year set personal goals.
Monday Meditation: Growth is no accident
Growth is never by mere chance; it is the result of forces working together. -James Cash Penney Grief has an excessively steep learning curve. It is like no experience you have had before and one that will hopefully be repeated infrequently. Grief is an amalgamation of forces that brought about this swift and painful changeContinueContinue reading “Monday Meditation: Growth is no accident”