As always on a Sunday, we pull together articles that will help us cope with our grief, our depression and help us gain a sense of purpose once again. Here is this weeks Carnival of Positive Thinking

BoH presents To fear or not to fear. posted at buddha of hollywood.

Chris Edgar presents To Feel Inspired, Focus On What You’re Contributing posted at Purpose Power Coaching, saying, “Many of us worry that, if we pursue our goals, we’ll be somehow taking from others and giving nothing in return. In essence, we’re afraid that following our dreams might be inconsiderate or selfish. …read more

It is my Auntie’s birthday today. She lost her husband to Parkinson’s disease a few years ago and I have to say that I am so proud of how she has coped. She was devastated, in fact inconsolable for weeks or months, yet now she has found a new life.
She visits my uncles grave regularly, she has never forgotten the love that she shared. However, she came to realise that no amount of prayers, or no amount of wishing….could bring him back. She now belongs to community groups, she goes to exercise classes and yoga…all at the age of 77!
She, …read more

In grief we talk about being heartbroken, what I want to suggest is that our heart is NOT broken, it is still capable of loving again, it is still beating to keep us alive. Maybe what we should say is that we are heart – cracked!
I often think that the words we use, don’t help us through our bereavement. If we believe it is broken then, we automatically think that there is no hope. There is hope, we have read stories on the blog of people who have found a new way of being happy, or even falling in love …read more