Life is hard work.
Whether you’re working to make life better, or just working to keep up, Life takes work. Feeling overwhelmed by loss, grief or disappointment can make it hard to get up every day and do that work.
Whether we’ve been hit by one big loss or a string of smaller ones, everyone feels grief at some point in their life. Yet far too often, just as we’re beginning to catch our breath after a loss, we’re told to “March Forward” without care or concern for whether we are ready yet.
Tired, exhausted, hurt, angry or afraid, we’re told to “Act Happy, Be Happy”, “Patch Yourself Up and Keep Going” because “The show must go on!”
… and what a show it is.
The parade of life continues and the people in our lives march happily along, as long as we keep our fake smiles in place.
Unfortunately, no one has ever healed a broken heart by denying that it exists.
Fake smiles mask broken hearts and what grieving hearts need most, is a chance to heal, with whatever time, tools and compassionate support they need.
It is up to each of us to decide when we’re going to step out of the world’s parade and let our own mental and emotional health, lead us forward.
Grief Recovery is here for you, when you’re ready to heal. xox