“Though we encounter it as suffering, grief is in fact an affirmation. The indifferent do not grieve, the uncommitted do not grieve, the loveless do not grieve. We mourn only the loss of what we have loved and what we have valued, and in this way mourning darkly refreshes our knowledge of the causes of our loves and the reasons for our values.
Our sorrow restores us to the splendors of our connectedness to people… It is the yes of a broken heart. In our bereavement we discover how much was ruptured … and also how much was not …"
[The context for these remarks was a remembrance ceremony for the ten year anniversary of September 11th, 2001.]
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You are so right here. Grief IS an affirmation. YES.
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