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The importance of grief for resilience

The importance of grief for resilience

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The importance of grief for resilience

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Did you know that you make roughly 35,000 choices every single day? Some are small, like deciding on what to eat for lunch, and some are big, like deciding whether to stay at your job. With any choice made comes a choice or many choices lost. One of the most difficult but important realizations that I had in adulthood is that there are rarely right or wrong choices in life. Really, there are just different paths to take, and with every choice you make you have to grieve the loss of all you didn't choose. In this way, grief and growth are deeply connected. People often think that grieving only happens after the loss of a loved one. But actually, it should happen with any ending loss or disappointment, even the small, everyday losses of life. And sometimes we think about grief being caused only by things beyond our control. But in reality, grief often comes from the choices that we make for ourselves. By grieving, you honor what you've lost and acknowledge that something mattered to…

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