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COMPANIONS ALONG THE WAY
| Posted on July 9, 2013 at 1:35 PM |
Last night I had the privilege of sitting in a
circle with a number of courageous people each with a unique story of
loss. Tears flowed, of course, but laughter too. Eyes rolled as we
recognized how others' well meaning comments fall flat, such as "time
heals everything, you just need more time". If that were true, there's
be few problems in our world, but we know that just isn't so. "Time
wounds all heels" may be closer to the truth, for indeed it is wounding
when time passes and the pain of grief just won't go away. And why does
it not? There are myriad
reasons but one is that others are uncomfortable when we just won't stop
crying, when we don't seem to be "getting over it" in what they
consider a reasonable amount of time. They feel they have failed as a
friend, perhaps, and that they can't cope with your ongoing grief. So
they may gradually fall away. Sometimes they justify this as "giving
you space to heal", whereas what we may really need is yet another cup
of tea and yes, yet another walk in the woods with a friend who just
listens with no judgment and who lets us ride the waves as they keep
coming for as long as they need to. Such friends are rare indeed and so
we often isolate and decide not to "bother" others. And this harms us
terribly. While there
is no set time-line for recovery from grief, the time tested Grief
Recovery Method provides us with a structured and time limited framework
on which to build the foundation to move forward. Every time we
complete one of the simple homework assignments we lay another paving
stone in the path of recovery and over a period of only seven weeks we
begin to feel things shifting and lifting and hope returns. This
takes courage and commitment, and I salute all those who have shown
their willingness to do the work, in the good company of like minded
souls as together we move forward to the light at the end of a tunnel
that has sometimes been years in the making. It
is never too late to recover and never too soon to start. Please let
me know how I can guide you, either by joining one of our workshops or
in one on one sessions. Fill out the request for contact and I will
respond immediately. Remember, a broken heart can be healed and it is
my privilege to assist you in this precious work. |
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