10 days ago, I promised to write about "letting go" and grief. Ironically, since then I've had to let go of blogging.
- ACKNOWLEDGE THE LOSS "Letting go" means losing someone and/or something that is difficult to let go of in some way. I hated not having time to share the ideas about "letting go" that have been rattling around in my head.
- ACKNOWLEDGE THE GRIEF Any loss can cause grief. So losses that accompany achieving goals can trigger grief, such as when graduating school or going home after a long hospitalization. And losses that you know are small in the grand scheme of things still can trigger painful grief.
- EXPRESS YOUR GRIEF I've expressed my grief by telling myself, "I'm sad about not having time to blog" and by writing this sentence.
- REFLECT ON THE CHOICE THAT LED TO THE LOSS "Letting go" in the context of Healthy Survivorship implies that you have both (1) assessed that the advantages of letting go outweigh the disadvantages and (2) chosen to stop holding or having something. In my case, being available to support my loved ones in need outweighs the minor, temporary loss of blogging.
- FOCUS ON THE POSITIVE(S) MADE POSSIBLE BY THE LOSS In my case, my consciously focusing on my gratitude that I am here and able to help my loved ones calms my grief over not blogging.