Something To Think About #4

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Grief is a robber of happiness but not of life.

Christal Luster, on grief. Sunday, March 16, 2025. ©2025 YouTube

“It’s the one thing, I believe, that makes us human . . .
it makes us more compassionate if we let it.”

I will share “Something To Think About” for the next twelve weeks on Sunday afternoons. It may be a quote, a picture, an interesting phrase I heard, artwork, etc. Whatever I share will surely be intriguing or involving enough to spark a casual discussion or in-depth conversation. Stay tuned every Sunday for this feature!

Peace and blessings.

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23 thoughts on “Something To Think About #4”

    • It brings up all the hurt and pain of my cousin who passed from COVID 3 years ago. But it also makes me remember that she’d want me to continue to live while loving her. And that’s what I’m trying to do these days.

      You’re most welcome. Peace and blessings. 🙏🏾🩵

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  • Grief is such an overwhelming experience. This is uplifting and so helpful. BTW I forgot to ask this.
    Moana 2 on Disney+. I am so glad I took the opportunity to do so. I laughed, I teared up, and I bopped my body to most of the songs. It’s such a great movie!
    i’ve never heard of it before but my husband just said yeah I have. I’m not sure how he has time for knowing all this. Lol. I’m such a fuddy duddy. It’s on our list now so thanks. I think. 😂 I mostly never watch.

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  • Sadly, since losing my husband in 2019, I’ve met far too many people in support groups who have/do allow(ed) grief to steal life. Actually, some seemed to press the pause button on the day they lost their loved one, and REFUSE to move forward, whether it be from guilt or fear.

    In some online groups we buddied up with check-in partners, and unfortunately, I had to leave two of those groups to escape the grief of buddies that only seemed to spiral deeper. One of my buddies was a member nearly a year before I joined, after losing her husband of 24 years. We were buddies for two years and she’d made no progress when I left. To be fair, grief has no time limit or expiration date, but she seemed determined to hold on to hers. I had the opportunity to chat with one of her daughters during a family chat, and she said her mom resisted all efforts to move forward, celebrate their family times, or seek professional counseling. The birth of my granddaughter three years after my husband passed was a tremendous boost to my mental health. My former buddy had three young grandchildren at the time and she was missing out on so much. I still feel bad for her.

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    • I still have my days when I struggle from losing my cousin (3 years ago; she was MUCH LIKE a mom to me), and I have days when grief pops up to tap my shoulder about my great-grandmother and maternal (biological) grandmother as well (I was extremely attached to them, too). We do not get do-overs in life, and those three women did life so well. I loved them to pieces. It hurts a lot more about my cousin cuz to me, her death is still fresh. I have also lost my share of close friends when I was much younger. Grief definitely doesn’t have a timeline, but you’re correct, you must do what you can to pull yourself out of it and live your life while you still can. I think many people are afraid to live while they’re still iving when they’ve lost someone they love so much to death. 😔

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