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Grief and loss
Grief is not a problem to be solved and it does not run to a schedule. What helps is letting the wave come, keeping the bond rather than severing it, and being cared for while you carry it.
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2 practicesTheme · Let the wave come
How long you have · A minute
When grief rises like a wave, let it come and let it pass. Do not brace against it or push it down.
Grief arrives in waves, not a straight line. A wave allowed to rise will also fall. Fighting it is what makes it last.
Let yourself weep. Tears over someone you love are not a failure of faith or of strength.
Crying is not the opposite of patience. It is the body grieving honestly, and it passes more cleanly when it is not shamed.