Grief Connections -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Comforting Rituals - Day #72 Our lives are full of small rituals. Take your “out-of-bed-in-the-morning” ritual: what’s the first thing you do? The second? The third? Those actions, when combined, form a comforting ritual – and every day is just that much better when you can perform it. If something interferes with that ritualized rhythm, your day starts out “wrong,” and often stays that way. This is what the death of a loved one can do. Strip you of your comfort rituals, so you’re left adrift in the 24 hours of every day, without the mooring line of ritual. You can’t find “safe harbor” anywhere. So, honor your small rituals. Bring one back into your life today. Quotation for the Day I define comfort as self-acceptance when we finally learn that self-care begins and ends with ourselves, we no longer demand sustenance and happiness from others. ~ Jennifer Louden --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Posted on: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 22:29:20 +0000
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