“Only people who are capable of loving strongly can also suffer great sorrow, but this same necessity of loving serves to counteract their grief and heals them.”
― Leo Tolstoy
When have you found the courage to love in the face of grief?
“We all need someone to lean on,” says the song, and it just might be true. Whether times are hard or not, it sure helps to have someone to lean on when you need a little support.
“Tears are a river that takes you somewhere…Tears lift your boat off the rocks, off dry ground, carrying it downriver to someplace better.”
― Clarissa Pinkola Estés
Grief can feel like being hollowed out inside, made empty and insubstantial with the loss of what mattered so deeply. So much of who we are is made up of the people, places and things we love.