Life, hope, lifestyle and everything beautiful
As I struggled to grasp the concept of a life without my partner in crime Tommy, a friend sent me what seemed words Tom would have said, in fact, Tom made it clear that he was OK with leaving and that he would still be with us. He also told us to speak to him, […]
Read More…Something beautiful happens when the boats starts to sink. You see your life start to flash before you, and the things you care the most about come to mind.
Read More…In my little world, cancer was something that happened to other people. Not until I had my personal encounter with melanoma, did I really know what it meant to suffer from skin cancer. The same went for breast cancer – it seemed foreign – until a friend, the mother of two young children was hit […]
Read More…A few years ago I asked one of my students why, after retiring, he had decided to turn to Buddhism. His answer was unexpected. I didn’t understand it then, but I do now. Give it time and most things in life will become clear. “As I age, my friends are slowly dying, and I need […]
Read More…This year has not been much of a good year for some of my beloved friends. Many have suffered impossible losses, heartbreaks and tragedies that at the time seemed unfair and senseless. These losses have had a profound impact on my friends and myself. We are part of those we care for and love. Therefore […]
Read More…As a young girl I was always afraid of losing things, whether they were material things, friends or people. So I tried to hold on to them tight. The thought of loss was worse than the actual fact of loosing them.
Read More…This is something we all have: the ability to keep memories frozen to later retrieve them and smile. Not to hold them tight and grieve in pain about the losses, but to calmly remember the gains and good times, let them go, and put them neatly back in the box for later enjoyment.
Read More…We are the sum total of those loved ones in our lives. Part of our identity is linked to them whether they are friends or family. Any loss of one or the other creates an empty vacuum impossible to fill.
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Moving forward often means leaving things behind. This is not an easy thing to do. The familiar seems to have a pull on us, and it’s hard to move on without looking back and feeling a sort of loss. But, we have to move on, always looking ahead in those moments of change. This is […]
Read More…Empathy is important to better understand people’s feelings and to be able to help another. To be empathetic, it helps to have gone through a similar experience, but sometimes if we haven’t, we can’t begin to imagine how someone feels, especially in the face of loss.
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