It's OK That You're Not OK: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture That Doesn't Understand

by Megan Devine

You are many things, but you are not that powerful. You cannot manifest death or health or loss or grief just by thinking about it. Your thoughts did not create this loss.

“You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.”

I hope that you keep looking for beauty, hope that you find and nurture a desire to even want to look for it. I hope that you reach for your connection to love, that you seek it out as your anchor and your constant, even when all else has gone dark.

Grief changes you. Who you become remains to be seen. You do not need to leave your grief behind in order to live a newly beautiful life. It’s part of you. Our aim is integration, not obliteration.