Grief is a natural response to loss, which, unfortunately, every one of us has to face at some point in our lives. With grief comes sadness, and what is sadness but a mix of feelings coming from the depths of our emotional understanding?
When we lose someone or something, grief takes place. It comes in times like the death of loved ones, the end of relationships, or any significant change that alters the course of our lives. In her touching book, “Coming Home,” Kay Tobler Liss beautifully introduces the importance of sharing grief and how it can help us heal.
The Burden of Suppressed Emotions
Grief is often a lonely road where we try to handle our emotions alone. But the burden of suppressed emotions weighs heavily on the soul, suffocating our spirits. Concealing our feelings in times of grief only serves to deepen the emotional abyss within us. When we keep our sad emotions to ourselves, they grow, casting a shadow over our lives and keeping us from enjoying the present.
On the other hand, as Kay Tobler Liss’ “Coming Home” highlights, sharing our grief can be very freeing. By opening up and letting our feelings out, we release the pressure that’s been building up. Sharing our sadness lets us acknowledge it and show how deeply we feel, letting others see and understand us.
In “Coming Home,” after the loss of a beloved family member, Evan, a broken family struggles to confront grief and long-buried secrets. However, they eventually do revisit the past they had been running from – ultimately discovering the closure that would heal them.
Sharing Grief with the Right People
Sharing your grief isn’t always easy, is it? It basically means that you are putting your most vulnerable self out there and trusting others. The question is, whom do you trust?
It is very important to find the right people who will listen to your struggles without judging, show empathy, and give you a safe space to express yourself.
Support groups, therapy sessions, or just talking with close friends and family can give us the support we need. In these settings, we can let our guard down, cry if we need to, and talk about how we truly feel.
The Change That Accompanies Shared Grief
As we share our sorrow, tears, and grief, something amazing happens – we start to heal. Sharing our sorrow with understanding people can help us grow and change in unexpected ways.
When we learn to open our hearts to forgiveness with the help of nature’s beauty, as Evan’s family did in “Coming Home,” we can rediscover the bonds that unite us despite past wounds. Through shared grief, we learn to accept our vulnerability and find life’s capacity for redemption when faced with demons. We come to realize that feeling sad doesn’t make us weak – it simply shows how much we care and how rich our lives really are.
If you are interested in learning more about the importance of sharing grief, reading “Coming Home,” by Tobler Liss will monumentally help you out. The narrative follows Lydia as she returns to her childhood home, weighed down by the haunting memories of her happy past, only to witness a broken family struggling to confront grief and sorrow.
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