Hardcore Grief Recovery Quotes

“Everything does not happen for a reason. However, everything that happens can be assigned meaning. You can actively give it meaning.”
― Steven L. Case, Hardcore Grief Recovery: An Honest Guide to Getting through Grief without the Condolences, Sympathy, and Other BS

“Bargaining is just a manifestation of our desperation—our yearning to have some power in a powerless situation.”
― Steven L. Case, Hardcore Grief Recovery: An Honest Guide to Getting through Grief without the Condolences, Sympathy, and Other BS

“Somewhere along the way, spirituality and organized religion took a right turn and decided that if you didn’t live your life as a happy-happy-joy-joy person and if you didn’t love God all the time, then you are bad and there is something wrong with you. There is nothing wrong with you. There is an important question that is probably on your mind. It’s okay if you ask it. Here, we’ll ask it for you: Why did God take them from you?”
― Steven L. Case, Hardcore Grief Recovery: An Honest Guide to Getting through Grief without the Condolences, Sympathy, and Other BS

“God is not going to hold your anger against you. God was doing the whole forgiveness thing long before you. God is better at it.”
― Steven L. Case, Hardcore Grief Recovery: An Honest Guide to Getting through Grief without the Condolences, Sympathy, and Other BS

“You will get better at NOT having that person here. It sounds strange, but you will get better at it. You will learn how to rewire that muscle memory. You will figure out how to confront your body’s reaction to your loss. You will come to terms with the hard truths. The sun rises, and the sun sets.”
― Steven L. Case, Hardcore Grief Recovery: An Honest Guide to Getting through Grief without the Condolences, Sympathy, and Other BS

“You can’t turn back time and ignore what has happened. It has happened, and it sucks.”
― Steven L. Case, Hardcore Grief Recovery: An Honest Guide to Getting through Grief without the Condolences, Sympathy, and Other BS

“Acceptance isn’t forgetting, and it isn’t ignoring that that person was really fucking special to you. It’s simply being present in your current reality. And understanding that it’s totally okay to move on.”
― Steve Case, Hardcore Grief Recovery: An Honest Guide to Getting through Grief without the Condolences, Sympathy, and Other BS