January 13 2020
Monday, January 13, 2020
If I had recently lost a loved one and a friend said to me, “You got this!” I’m not sure I would appreciate it. With grief, it can help to hold it inside a supportive community where we can release it, but ultimately, we do have to feel it inside ourselves and find our own meaning from it; no one else can do that for us. Fortunately, the safety of a supportive community and the stories of those who’ve journeyed through their own grief can send the message “You got this!” in a meaningful way.
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