Finding Light When You’re in the Abyss of Grief
Grief has even been called an abyss-deep, dark, bottomless. When we’ve lost someone we love, it is as if the ground yields under us and we’re falling into a void where time doesn’t proceed. There, days blend together, the world is foreign, and even the simplest task is too much. But even in the abyss, […]
Steps to Rise from the Abyss: Turning Pain into Strength
Pain has a propensity to draw us into places we never would’ve gone. It comes unexpectedly, disrupts routines, and redefines who we think we are. It sometimes comes as an abyss, black, weighted, and bottomless. But into that abyss comes an offer: to rise. To rise is not to eliminate the pain or act as […]
The Abyss of Grief and the Hope Beyond It
Grief is among the most potent experiences we ever know. It arrives unbidden, reordering our days, infilling once-known rooms with emptiness. In the beginning, it is like falling into a chasm, a void where the light appears distant, where even the ground beneath us seems too heavy. There, within the chasm, the sense of hope […]