Grace
Grace is the natural way to shorten the grieving process. Grace in context to grief and grieving means that instead of being thrown into the downward spiral of anger, depression, denial, bargaining, and acceptance, we respond to loss with GRACE: Gratitude… Resilience… Authenticity… Creativity… and Empathy. Instead of sinking into the river of tears, we build an archway across it.
Our 5 Losses: The Future
“Suddenly she realized that what she was regretting was not the lost past but the lost future, not what had not been but what would never be.” ~ F. Scott Fitzgerald A Thought On Loss... This morning as I was running through my prayers and random thoughts I ruminated...
Moving Forward vs. Moving On…
"You have to come to your closed doors before you get to your open doors... What if you knew you had to go through 32 closed doors before you got to your open door? Well, then you'd come to closed door number eight and you'd think, 'Great, I got another one out of the...
The Power of Empathy
"The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy." ~ Meryl Streep What is empathy? Empathy is not just understanding what someone is going through. Nor is empathy simply pitying someone or feeling compassion toward them. It is the ability to put...