Grieving is Good

Over the last 20 years, I think we have become more accepting and generally acknowledge the value and importance of grieving more. However, I think it is still marginalised in the wake of our pervasive progress mindset – the incessant felt obligation to be continually pressing and pushing forward and onward.

To make grieving good we need to release from this mindset now and again. Wholehearted grieving requires pausing and feeling into what’s passed and no longer present. Running it through our fingers, lamenting and sifting the goodness, making gravy from these juices!

I love grief. Grief is love. Grief is the feeling for what we’ve held and loved in our lives.

As we move toward the end of year grief is present in the ending of things.

Big griefs crack open our hearts. There’s nothing wrong with being heartbroken, if you can give yourself the freedom to be truly heartbroken.

Take time dear ones, take care, take time to lament. Lamenting is part of celebrating and makes it deeply sweet.