Memories Nourish the Heart
Thanksgiving is now past...but yet there is still Christmas coming so close. At this season of the year ---so filled with memories and, for most people, family occasions ---sometimes our grief seems all but unbearable. And grief IS often especially sharp around holiday occasions.
But after a while we begin to savor the recall of those gathered times when we were all together, when the tenor of the days was festive and mutually cherishing. If our loved one had a particular role in the rituals of this season, we who take over that role may feel a special bond with the one who is gone.
So memory "nourishes the heart", eases the sharp edges of grief, and, whether or not we speak of it to one another, spreads its arms to comfort and to gather us as one family in the great human stream of life.
At this time of the year ---holiday season--- let your memories nourish your heart!!
Hugs of friendship....Jarcy
But after a while we begin to savor the recall of those gathered times when we were all together, when the tenor of the days was festive and mutually cherishing. If our loved one had a particular role in the rituals of this season, we who take over that role may feel a special bond with the one who is gone.
So memory "nourishes the heart", eases the sharp edges of grief, and, whether or not we speak of it to one another, spreads its arms to comfort and to gather us as one family in the great human stream of life.
At this time of the year ---holiday season--- let your memories nourish your heart!!
Hugs of friendship....Jarcy
