Snapshot of Grief

Somewhere along our journey we will all experience profound grief. Not just the kind of grief that causes us to be sad for a few days. The kind of grief that causes everything we have known to be changed and forever different.  This looks like death, divorce, loss of a job, betrayal....... you know, life altering stuff. No one is exempt.

Before the moment of grief, life is lived in continual motion. “I’ll see later.” “Next time...” Always planning for the future. But once the moment of grief occurs  all that was before  becomes a snapshot.  Life cannot continue as it was before. Relationships are changed. What was before just is, and all that is to come must be different. Things will never be “normal” again.

We must learn to live in a new-normal. The new-normal involves grief and pain. Don’t ignore it. Don’t try to reason it away. This kind of stuff is supposed to hurt. Everyone’s pain is different. So ask questions. Why? What good can come from this? How do I choose to grow through this pain? 

Just some thoughts. Trying to live in a state of perpetual reinvention, learning, and growth.