Albert Einstein offers some compelling advice in this statement. It's so simply stated, yet so deep. Often in grief, we are thrown from shock, into denial, where we loiter in the land of Yesterday. It's a common process in grief, to live in the past, to rehash treasured memories over and over. It's part of the healing process and totally acceptable. Unfortunately, when living in memories, many of us forget to live for today. So much sometimes that we forget to eat or groom ourselves. We must remember to also live in today, even while visiting the memories of yesterday.
Hope for tomorrow seems like a distant dream for many who are grieving. Hope, however, is a necessity and must be cultivated and brought to mind. Hope is essential for healing. Many times, we have many questions with no answers and that's ok. The "why" becomes less important in time. However, we must never stop questioning what our mission is, how we can transcend the tragedy which has visited us and what we can do to heal and help others heal. These questions can lead to hope for a much brighter tomorrow.
Lord, help us to learn, live and hope in the midst of loss and sorrow. Heal us and give us strength for each day. So be it.
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