Grief Is not a Disorder and it Doesn't Come With a Schedule

So many of my friends and co-conspirators in this dimension have been facing such emotional tsunamis recently that I am keeping extra candles lit on my altar.

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Towards the light...

We are not taught how to respond to loss and terminal illness with grace, and yet we are often surrounded by people who-- in a quite well-meaning way-- offer us suggestions on "how to get over it" and how to "move on."

Often these words are offered with the intent that we should not have to suffer; that we should not feel the sharp pains of losing a loved one.

Sometimes the person offering a helpful hand did not process their own loss and grief, and are making suggestions in hopes of not feeling too much, themselves.

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Perhaps this is part of a greater trend in the world, and especially in Western societies that accepts fewer and fewer human emotions. If we suffer loss and aren't ready to "get back to the grind" within a few days we are perhaps perceived as weak, and if the grief lingers we may even end up having it labeled as a disorder.

Grief is not experienced on a schedule! And ultimately, the only way to "get over" our grief is to simply give ourselves permission to grieve.

It is not a "disorder," it is part of the normal spectrum of human experience.

Let's keep reaching out with a gentle wave of love and light to continue to assist those who are doing the best they can; not just in grieving, but living a productive life in general.

We're all in this together.

Thank you. I love you.

~Rev. Sarah Nash
(A shorter version of this article previously appeared on the White Light Express Facebook page)

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