GETTING UNSTUCK

    I was leading the Anger Workshop yesterday, and we were taking a little "quiz," which I prepared. I sat down at the table and took it with the rest of the group. At the end, the thought came to me that many of us in the room were stuck. Stuck at the "anger" stage of the grief process. I knew that, but sitting in a room with many who are still raw in their losses and pain, was like seeing a photograph of grief.
    Many folks have lost loved ones either by death, disease, or broken relationships. The grief process has begun, but we had little help to understand it, and to know how to move through the stages to acceptance.
    The prayer time at the end, and the visual of needing help from someone else, was powerful. We cannot go it alone and be healthy. All the books say what Ruben Welch wrote a long time ago:  We Really Do Need Each Other.
     Coming from a family of isolators, it is always a challenge for me to reach out for help...always. But to reach emotional, physical, mental, and spiritual health, I need an accepting community of friends and family who love me unconditionally.
     Do you have that community as you grieve your losses?