To spare oneself from grief at all cost can be achieved only at the price of total detachment, which excludes the ability to experience happiness. -Erich Fromm Don’t attempt to replace what you lost. Don’t live with regret or over-analyze your mistakes. The past has passed. It is okay to cry and to be sad. [...]
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Tag Archives: Grief Loss and Bereavement
The Worst Day of Our Lives: 07.22.06
July 20, 2011
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You can shed tears that she is gone, or you can smile because she has lived. You can close your eyes and pray that she’ll come back, or you can open your eyes and see all she’s left. Your heart can be empty because you can’t see her, or you can be full of the [...]
Read more The Reason Why We Should all Live in the Moment!
March 3, 2011
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If you admire somebody you should go on ‘head tell ‘em/People never get the flowers while they can still smell ‘em -Kanye West Interestingly funerals are the places where families and friends pledge to have better relationships with one another. Similarly, individuals who are suffering from terminal illnesses or on their death-beds often try to make [...]
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5 Years, 4 Hospitals, 3 Near Suicides, 2 Masters Degrees & 1 Unsolved Murder: The Lives, Deaths and Nuances of Shawn Maxam
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Emotional Maturity, Boundaries and Why Most of the People You Know Aren’t Actually Adults
Maxam
Maxam is a writer, mental health advocate and Bipolar griot! I write stories that I hope will help individuals who have mental illnesses (and those who love them) live rich and fulfilling lives. R.I.P. SKH
