Make Space For Grief, It’s A Human Superpower
The only constant in life is change. Our capacity to deal with change, to flow with it, adapt, innovate and shift determines our individual and collective ability to lead lives of grace. Change is inextricably linked with emotions, those essential sensations that encompass all parts of our being. And the emotion I want to talk about in relation to change is grief.
Grief has many faces and can show up in many ways
Grief is not linear, it’s messy, filled with conflicting and confusing feelings. There are moments of epiphany and beauty and moments of deep disconnection and sadness. It is its own master guiding you into new spaces and whether or not you want to go to where they bring you, resistance is ill-advised.
Profound changes have been taking place over the past year as Covid-19 became the leading character in so many of our lives. These changes are triggering a myriad of responses. For some people it’s lead to a burst into action, making plans, starting new projects, seizing the opportunity, to do something useful. Other people have been paralyzed, drawn into the depths of a mind-numbing sadness. Some people have responded with denial, deciding that the best thing to do is to keep going as if everything were normal. And every day I encounter people in my neighborhood who seem…
