How To Become Bigger Than Our Pain

~Grief Guide on Becoming Bigger Than Our Pain~

• What you put out comes back all the time, no matter what. Dealing with your rage and grief and fear will give you life. Acknowledge the pain, and then let it go.

• You define your own life. Don’t let other people tell you how to grieve. It is ok to be sad; the tears have to come to wash away the deep, raw pain. It takes as long as it takes.

• The ugly details of the death have no power over the present. Only you give it power. You push the pain out with love memories every time it comes back.

• When people hurt you with their own fears and terror that it could be them, take a breath. Rise above the pain, and forgive their ignorance. Continue reading →