Hoping your weekend is turning out to be a great one.....our readings for today and tomorrow are taken from "The Journey: A Calendar Book" and are as follows, May 17th first, then a quote to think about for tomorrow, May 18th...
"Once you've taken time to grieve, LIVE" (James, 2012).
One of our greatest defeats in this world is becoming "attached" to our grief. For many it somehow seems to keep them connected to their loss; for others it becomes a cross they feel they must bear. Still others maintain a sense of guilt attached to their trauma, feeling as though if they "move past" it they are in some way not staying true to themselves.
Just as it is vital to our emotional self to take the time to grieve, it is VITAL to our personal success to LIVE after we've taken the time we need.
Of course there exists a plethora of opinions about how to actually get on with the process of living following a time of grieving, and we'll certainly be given advise from numerous friends in moving on, but only WE know how to "LIVE" OUR life. While it's a good thing to listen to others and their "advice"....listen to ourselves more than anyone else. Just as we know when we've grieved "enough", we as well know how to step past the edge of grief and walk into our NEW life, for it is exactly this, a NEW life after grief, after trauma, after loss, after love.
Keep looking up. : ) AJ
May 18th, "Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it." Henry David Thoreau
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