In grief it is often hard to do something tangible. It is difficult because grief is the reality
of a feeling. Grief wreaks the
body. It seeps into the cracks. It overcomes the strong and brings them to
their knees to where the feeble are. Grief
it has a pattern, but can not be explained.
It is difficult to describe grief because it is different in
every situation and circumstance. It changes
and morphs. The response to grief
varies. Will this be the correct
response for this person in this moment?
Or is better to wait? Better to
hold ones tongue? Better to hug? Or better to let be?
When presented with grief it is hard to know how to respond and
it is hard to do something tangible. Yet
in the midst of tragedy there are tangible things that can be done. Meals can be brought, clothes cleaned, houses
swept, children looked after. And though
tragedy and grief are not mutually exclusive the way they are responded to looks
so very different.
In grief I will meet you.
In tragedy and suffering I can meet your needs.
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