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From "Healing
After Loss"
by Martha
Whitmore Hickman
"Without
friends the world is but a wilderness....There is no man that imparteth his joys
to his friends, but he joyeth the more; and no man that imparteth grief's to his
friends, but he grieveth the less."
~Francis Bacon
We know this, but
sometimes we have to make the effort to prove it to ourselves
once again.
Maybe we just don't feel like seeing anyone, not even a friend. Or if we do,
maybe we don't want to impose on the friend by going on and on about how
terrible this loss is. Or we may not want, just then, to reopen ourselves to
this sorrow.
All of these moods are legitimate and we need to honor them. Not all times are
appropriate for sharing our grief.
But sometimes with friends, we do take the risk of sharing. Yes, we may cry,
and
feel the pain of re-entering that sorrow, but the fact that we do means there is
sorrow there we need to release. And to who better than to a trusted friend?
We will feel more at peace for having done so.
I will trust my friends to hear me in love and understanding
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