- “The reality is that you will grieve forever. You will not ‘get over’ the loss of a loved one; you will learn to live with it. You will heal and you will rebuild yourself around the loss you have suffered. You will be whole again but you will never be the same. Nor should you be the same nor would you want to.”— Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
- “Death is a challenge. It tells us not to waste time. It tell us to tell each other right now that we love each other.” — Leo Buscaglia
- “You will survive and you will find purpose in the chaos. Moving on doesn’t mean letting go.” — Mary VanHaute
- “This is not goodbye, my darling, this is a thank you. Thank you for coming into my life and giving me joy.”— Nicholas Sparks
- “If there ever comes a day when we can’t be together, keep me in your heart, I’ll stay there forever.”— Winnie the Pooh
- “What we once enjoyed and deeply loved we can never lose, for all that we love deeply becomes part of us.” — Helen Keller
- You will lose someone you can’t live without, and your heart will be badly broken, and the bad news is that you never completely get over the loss of your beloved. But this is also the good news. They live forever in your broken heart that doesn’t seal back up. And you come through. It’s like having a broken leg that never heals perfectly—that still hurts when the weather gets cold, but you learn to dance with the limp.- Anne Lamott
- When a friend needs consoling, do not give in to the temptation of telling stories similar to theirs of disaster or bereavement. It is something people often do to show empathy but nothing is more tiresome than other people’s problems when you want to focus on your own. Listening is by far the best form of consolation.- Giles Andreae
- Grief can have a quality of profound healing because we are forced to a depth of feeling that is usually below the threshold of awareness.- Stephen Levine
- Grieving allows us to heal, to remember with love rather than pain. It is a sorting process. One by one you let go of the things that are gone and you mourn for them. One by one you take hold of the things that have become a part of who you are and build again.- Rachel Naomi Remen
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2 Comments
Robin
These quotes are so good! I have to say that I resonate with the part of quote #8 that says “you learn to dance with a limp.” I had the hardest time blogging after the loss of Cinco. It is only 5 years later that I’m finally learning to do it again with a renewed purpose.
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Robin,
Aww I understand. Grief hit people differently and really hard. I’m happy that with enough time you’ve come back full circle inspired to blog again. Sometimes sharing our pain and experiences helps others feel they aren’t alone as well.