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Bereavement

Big Blue Marble

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1. Thank you for this quote.

Reply to orleans (Original post)

Thu Aug 16, 2012, 12:17 PM

Aug 2012

"The central challenge as we grieve is learning to love in a new way, to love someone in separation, at least as long as we walk this earth. Nothing is more difficult. Nothing is more important. Nothing is more rewarding."
--THOMAS ATTIG-- The Heart of Grief: Death and the search for Lasting Love (2002)

That is our challenge. That is our work as we reshape our lives in the midst of chaos.
Love is the guiding principle of our lives. It takes many forms in the different stages of our lives.

And now we have entered a new stage. This perspective really helps me frame it.

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Thank you for this quote. Big Blue Marble Aug 2012 #1