This Too Shall Pass

the before and the after

GRIEF SUPPORT

beavers

6/9/20261 min read

This too shall pass,

is a phrase that can remind us to cherish the moment,

as well as serve as a reminder that hardship will pass.

Change is consistent in life.

Though,

when I experienced profound grief and reached a point in my life where things would never be the same

this phrase became a bittersweet reminder

that the love we have in this moment

can slip through our hands like a grain of salt.

Before then,

I had a concept of living being an emotional experience.

Riding the waves of life

at times might feel like white water rafting

and others as if it was a lazy river, but, always was I in a raft.

After,

I was suddenly raftless

fully immersed

fighting to keep my head above each wave.

Before,

the waters seemed as if they could be of any emotion,

splashing us with joy at times and rocking with anger at others.

After,

I came to feel as if there was only sadness in these waters,

at times it lowers and calms

while other times it swells and rocks.

I came to understand

how much rage and pain live intertwined.

That happiness and sadness

are not a give and take

but can exist at the same time

like the calm wave kissing the sand

before a storm.

Join mme in nurturing nature’s quiet wisdom.

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