When we face those days when we don’t know how

To face the world and carry on

We must remember that life is a gift to all

And remember to smile and stand up tall

A smile can wash away the fears

And a hug from a friend take away the tears

Grief is not easy but then life is hard too

It is not what we think it is what we all do

And how do we find that will to pull through

Remember them looking and saying “I love you”

They are looking over us from heaven above

Continuing to support through our eternal love

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So what did I take from the hour we spent talking about our grief, our fears and our hopes for the future?

• The difficult balance we all face between holding on to memories and letting go of the past.
• The importance of family and friends.
• How grief can be hard on us physically but even harder on our subconscious.
• How plans can help you focus on the future

Our conversation gave me much to think about, and I will post more about it during the week. My hope is that we can grow the widows quest support group and help others to get through their bereavement.

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The fear of leaving the past behind

The fear of living the future.

We don’t want to move on, yet we want to cope with the pain. We miss our loved ones and cannot imagine loving again in the future. We cry for what we have lost, we cry for what the future holds.

But in reality the past is gone, the future is not here…all we have is now – the present. The fears belong to the past and the future, yet are affecting the present. What we need to do is use the fear…positively. Fear can act as motivation now to change our lives in the future. Fear can either cause us to freeze emotionally or it can be our adrenaline to change our mindset.

Fear is an intangible, irrational emotional state that can control us unless we learn to control it. We control it by understanding them and by facing our fears.

Lets face our fears – now – in the present, not hiding from either the past or the future.

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C =Creates a sense of belonging

O =Offers different perspectives to grief

M = Meaning – gives me meaning to each day, knowing that writing this blog may help one persons pain or connects me with another widow or widower.

F = Friendship that has no strings just one heart

O = Offers hope for the future

R = Raises my spirits on days when I don’t feel I can live through the pain barrier 

T = Together I feel we are stronger, together I feel we can face our fears, together we can find comfort in our lives.

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This weekend I was thinking about life in general….and asked myself is there anything about the emotional side of life that is logical?

What is logical about where we were born, who we were borne to?

What is logical about love and who we fall in love with?

What is logical about our fears, about our passions?

When you think about it, why should death be logical? Birth, love is not really logical…maybe the logic  lies in just one sentence… 

The only certainties in life are that we are born and that we die…everything else in between is just what happens….”

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Paul Piotrowski presents 14 Most Common Fears in Life and What To Do About Them posted at Inspired Money Maker.

Will presents 7 Steps to a Happier Life » Your Finish Rich Plan posted at Your Finish Rich Plan, saying, “A lot of people live their lives feeling crappy about everything in their lives: who they are NOT, where they are NOT and what they HAVEN’T got. That’s no way to live. Life is too short not to take advantage of what it has to offer.”

James DeLelys presents WORDS » Articles posted at WORDS, saying, “Who is Love?”

Gary Evans presents Trusting Your Inner Guidance posted at Good To Feel Good.

Anna presents A Thin Line Between Madness and Creativity posted at The Engaging Brand 

Emma presents Writings of a Wheelchair Princessposted at The Life and Times of Emma.

Emma presents Family posted at The Life and Times of Emma.

Arin Vahanian presents How to Get Rid of Excuses NOW and Start Living the Kind of Life You’ve Always Wanted posted at Super State.

Jessica Jones presents My Struggle With Living Purposefully posted at Practical Nourishment, saying, “On the ups and downs of living with purpose.”

Joshua Seth presents Your Mind Body Connection posted at Joshua Seth Blog.

Jesse Roulette presents What is Motivation? posted at Jesse Hooper – One at a time.

Scott.Goolsby presents Stepping Toward Compassion posted at Unapologetic Genius, saying, “Developing compassion.”

Ellen Landauer presents Natural Alternative Health CoachingHealth Freedom Coaching: addiction recovery posted at Health Freedom Coaching, saying, “If you want to diminish depression and anxiety, the information in this article will help.While this article offers solid nutrition information that can help if you or someone you love is recovering from drug or alcohol dependence, there is a wealth of knowledge here for health-oriented people. In my research on substance abuse, I found a lot of parallels between alcohol and drug addiction and sugar addiction, depression and anxiety. The right nutrition can improve your mood.”

Steven Burrell presents Why do I Feel Bad? The Reason Why You Have Negative Emotions. posted at Self Mastery Group.

Chris Edgar presents You Are Not Your Memories posted at Purpose Power Coaching, saying, “Many of us have felt the sensation, when we wake up in the morning, of briefly having no memory of who we are. Usually, we react to this by grasping for memories, even if they’re painful, to get our sense of identity back. However, I suggest, simply allowing that memoryless state to be for a little while can help us realize that, in our essence, we are separate from our memories. This realization helps liberate us from the stress caused by memories of painful events.”

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