Grief

AA wrote: Oh Sabina, This is beautiful. You are deeply amazing 

BB wrote:Merci Sabina, ces rappels font toujours du bien. Les deuils ne sont pas forcément celui de personnes disparues dans mon cas, plutôt des énergies, des facultés que je n’ai plus. Et des êtres qui vivent toujours mais avec qui la relation s’est éteinte, est devenue silencieuse, en tout cas temporairement, pour une raison ou une autre. 

          CC wrote:mir geht es auch so. Mein Schwager ist gestorben und meine Tante.    Ich habe Schwierigkeiten, plötzliche Tode zu verstehen. Mein Schwager war erst 64.

DD wrote: Tack Sabina!!!!

Grief

Grief is seeing only what has been taken away from you. The celebration of a life is recognizing all that we were blessed with, and feeling so very grateful.                                                                 

Jack Kornfield

Such a strange period lately, with many sudden departures… Close family members, friends and acquaintances have passed away, leaving  many voids. It has made me think a lot about Life and Death and the fear of losing what I love.

I have written about this before, with other quotes and in other words, but I need to remind myself over and over again: we must not concentrate on the feeling that somebody has been taken away from us, but instead celebrate the fact we were blessed with the friendship and love of this wonderful person. Let us remember all the moments of light, laughter, care, and affection that we shared with him or her.

Instead of feeling deprived, we should be so very grateful.