It will Get Better
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Welcome to the Daily Reflection. A place where you can safely come near Grief and move toward healing.
Intention
Set an intention today to remind yourself that life will get better. This pain won’t hurt this much forever.
NOTICE
Notice your response to this statement above. Can you imagine this looming pain will ever get smaller? How can it get less painful when life will never be the same without this person? When it comes to grief, there are some losses that will never fully leave us, most losses never fully go away. The pain does get less. I have heard it said that we grow around our grief. When my father died 5 years ago, I read an article that really helped me on my toughest days. It talked about how grief is like a ball in a box with a button that gets hit and triggers painful emotions. At first, the ball in this box is huge and the button gets bumped and strong painful emotions are activated frequently. Eventually this ball gets smaller and smaller and the button gets triggered less and less.I found it really helpful to visualize the image of the grief ball in the box and on my really big emotion-filled days. I could say to myself, “My grief ball is really big today.” And somehow that just reminded me that it also meant it would get smaller, or could get smaller.
EMOTION
How are you feeling today? How big is the grief ball in your box? When are you getting relief from the pain of your emotions?
ACTION
I encourage you to reach out to friends and let them know it’s okay just to call to say “hi.” Friends might feel awkward and are not sure what to say.
REFLECT
I am going to play a song called “Up Your Street.” What happens as you listen to this song Pay attention to what emotions it brings up. I deliberately chose an upbeat song.
Thank you for listening. Have a beautiful day and be gentle with yourself.