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Rising Above Your Loss

What is extraordinary about us is that we each have the capacity to rise like the phoenix out of our ashes, to create ourselves newly, to begin again. We can transform ourselves and our lives, regardless of what we have endured before now. Maybe the true purpose of suffering is that out of our pain, we will rise, expand, grow, and achieve.

—Judy Tatelbaum, American author/therapist

Go ahead. Wallow in your loss. It is okay. You probably need that right now. But that is now, not forever. Somewhere down the road, your tears will subside.

When we experience a loss, we can focus on the tears and on what we no longer have, or we can appreciate what we still have. We can focus on a life cut short or celebrate a life lived. We can feel sorry for ourselves or see our loss in a larger context.

You can get lost in your loss; you also have the power to rise above it.

During loss, it seems that you can’t possibly go on. Everything in your life may seem like it has come to a standstill. But you can go on—and will go on.