Welcome, Grief
I honor my tears.
Let them flow.
I silence the voice that says: 'stop crying' and gently ask it to leave.
I allow my tears to water the ground beneath my feet and heal my wounds.
There is strength in welcoming deeply felt pain.
I will not numb myself.
I will not distract myself.
Grief is not my enemy.
Deeply felt, it is the most powerful teacher –
an agent for growth and change.
Deeply and fully is the way through.
For in this place, I rediscover the most beautiful love and joy
that I have to share with the world.
I surrender with intention to the process.
I honor my mistakes as opportunities for growth.
I humble myself to my fallibility and remind myself that I am doing my best as a person of integrity and sincerity.
Only by experiencing the depths of sorrow can I engage fully in the experience of my humanity.
Beauty and suffering - joy and sorrow - will forever remain inseparable.
“I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.”
― Maya Angelou
