The True Purpose of Grief

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the purpose of grief

Grief awakens you to pain but it also awakens you to your spirit. Life was never about your deadlines or work stress, or what this or that person said, or what this neighbor or friend had and what you didn’t, or anything it seemed at the face of it. It all seemed so important at the time, and yet all along life was about something else all along, something so much deeper. We know this because there is no amount of money or objects or status or security that can bring back the person you love, nothing that can turn back time. While life may have felt empty or meaningless at times, the truth is that it never was — every moment of your life with the person you lost was filled with meaning, filled with a purpose for you to know that life is all about love. Let grief awaken you, let it break open your spirit and remove any fears that bind you, so that you can live every moment for the rest of your life with this in the forefront of your life and being. You are here to love and to be loved. You are here to grow in love. You are here to take the love you have known, the love you never would have known were it not for the person you lost, and to love and share it with others. In this way, what you one shared with your loved one lives on. Follow love and see where it leads you, see how it frees you. Let grief transform and soften your heart in love, so that you too may transform others in this beauty and truth.

To my readers — thank you for reading this post. it means so much to me. If you enjoyed it, I invite you to connect with me through the comments below and to share the post with someone who you think might also find it helpful in living with grief. You might also find my book, Grieving the Loss of a Love: How to Embrace Grief to Find True Hope and Healing After a Divorce, Breakup, or Death helpful to read or to pass along to others. Thank you again.

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