Evolution of love

Dealing with the Truth of Grief

Many of us have fear. Fear of loving too much,

and the fear and the pain of loving when you know there will be

loss – and then when there is loss, there is of course deep grief.

The way we deal with grief has a lot to do with whether or not the

grief heals and strengthens us, or ends up depriving and starving us.

We’ve learned a lot of things about grief over the years, like that strong

“grin and bear it,” stiff upper lip response to grief which involves denial,

and is not an optimum strategy for dealing with a mourning period.

My own reaction to people that are grieving is to really give them a lot of

support in grieving, and letting the process run its course.