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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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Keep the bond Clear all

Theme · Keep the bond

Let the wave come 3 Find meaning 2 Keep the bond 2 Care for yourself in loss 2 Patience and trust 2 Help someone grieving 2

How long you have

A minute 1 Twenty minutes 1

Make a short prayer for the one you lost. Love does not end at death; it becomes prayer.

A daily word of prayer for them keeps the bond alive in a form that still reaches them and steadies you.

A minuteKeep the bondGriefQur’an 59:10

Choose one good thing the person did and carry it forward in your own life this week.

A habit of theirs kept alive, a kindness they showed passed on, keeps their good present in the world.

Twenty minutesKeep the bondGriefQur’an 28:77