What kind of day will you have? It may not seem like it, but you do have choices.
By no mean am I suggesting to push your grief down… Absolutely not. You may not have had any choice in that you experienced your loss. You do have many options in what happens next in your life.
Grief is now a part of you. Just as much as enjoyment, disgust, surprise or curiosity. It’s complex – more than emotion – more than physical – more than mental.
No two people experience life in the same manner. That’s the great part of you being YOU. You have your own world view, your own perspective and your own reactions. Life doesn’t simply happen to you… you are a dynamic part of it.
With grief, you choose…
- to engage or not with the events around you
- your level of acknowledgment of tough grief experiences and how you are going to address the presence of grief
- how to incorporate or anticipate known grief activators
- how to include your deceased Love One in your day
- if coping strategies are necessary within your moments
- to sit within any grief pain or set aside time to dive deeper when the body is quiet and the mind is busy.
This is just a basic list… I hope you get the idea. I encourage you to stay aware to when life feels that it’s happening TO YOU… At that moment, when you recognize that, you open up your options.
So what will you choose for yourself today… What’s on the agenda? Remember you get to choose your experiences.