Grief
I can't stop thinking about this poem by Khalil Gibran:
Then a woman said, "Speak to us of Joy and Sorrow."
And he answered: Your joy is your sorrow unmasked.
And the selfsame well from which your laughter rises was oftentimes filled with your tears. And how else can it be? The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain.... See more
Then a woman said, "Speak to us of Joy and Sorrow."
And he answered: Your joy is your sorrow unmasked.
And the selfsame well from which your laughter rises was oftentimes filled with your tears. And how else can it be? The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain.... See more
“To remember somebody means to put them back together and to hold them within ourselves. As everybody knows—or will come to know—people who you can’t live without die, and you keep living. But once they’re dead, they can be with us all the time.”
Suleika Jaouad • The Book of Alchemy: A guide to the art of journalling
This isn’t about longing. It’s about recognition that even in distance, even in erasure, something remains. Not love. Not grief. Just... presence, suspended. A ghost made of nothing but time and memory.
the intimacy of never talking again
Grief is not just an emotion—it’s an unraveling, a space where something once lived but is now gone. It carves through you, leaving a hollow ache where love once resided. In the beginning, it feels unbearable, like a wound that will never close. But over time, the raw edges begin to mend. The pain softens, but the imprint remains—a quiet reminder
... See moreGrief is the honour we pay to that which is dear to us.
Toko-pa Turner • Belonging: Remembering Ourselves home
Rumi’s philosophy: to love is already to accept loss; to grieve is to remain faithful to that acceptance:
Whiteboard Journal • Rehearsing Our Loved One’s Death Might Be the Way to Go
grief and magic touch, and a ripple unfolds between them that shows how they are the same thing at different moments in the nonlinear timeline of a good life.