You are not alone. As soon as we focus on how grief is manifested in ourselves, as soon as we become fixated on our own experience, we are disconnected from those around us. On the other hand, when we focus on the idea simply that there is grieving, and we are part of it, we find connections. At times we feel ashamed for our strong feelings of grief, or we feel angry at other’s reactions to our mood, or we feel weak or disoriented or worried, and on and on. But if we can stop judging ourselves, if we can have compassion for ourselves because we are human and because this human life comes with
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