Be the change you want to see in the world
November 4, 2009 by Anna Farmery
Filed under Affirmations of Life
It was Gandhi who made this comment and do you know I feel it is as apt for widows and widowers as it is for people wanting to make societal or political change.
Readers know that I am on a constant roller coaster of emotion…that little old lady called grief manages to shake me to the core every now and then, just to remind me that overcoming a bereavement is hard. So just when it seems easier, just when I seem to be back in control of my own emotions….grief prods me to remind me that it is still there
Nice of grief really!
If we do want to be that happy, fun loving person as Gandhi said…then we must BE that person. When we live like that person we trick our sub conscious into believing they are that person. Now the hard bit with grief which we need to recognize is that bad days will still come, that is for sure…and it is a test in our true desire to BE that person…because if we truly do…then we will accept the bad days and as soon as possible get back to BEING that person we want to BE in this world.

















Thank you for this post and to add to it, I heard that even if you can fake a smile, your brain will begin to believe that you are happy. Sometimes, to fight grief, we may need to fake it to train our body and mind to be that happy person.