Sooner or later in life, the things you love you lose ~ Florence + The Machine, You’ve Got The Love.

Impermanence is a universal law, a fact of life.  Everything comes and everything goes.  There’s a beginning and there’s an end. There is birth and there is death. It all arises and it all passes away.

But knowing this fact of life does not make us immune to the internal emotional response that happens when we lose the people (or things, or animals)  we love.

This natural internal emotional response is called grief.

And grief is painful.
So painful that you’ll keep pushing it aside to deal with it later.
So painful that you’ll find your own ways to numb it out.
So painful that you’ll keep yourself distracted with all sorts of activities, projects, and getting things done.

But when the to-do-list runs out and the busyness subsides, stillness will creep in  and the pain of grief will rise to the surface bringing you to your knees.

And you’ll be relieved it did.

Because it is here the resistance + struggle will evolve into surrender; the blame + judgement will evolve into compassion; the anxiety + fear will evolve into love; and the sorrow + suffering will evolve into joy.

It is here you will breathe life back into your heart and begin to melt the armour that has been holding you back from living your life authentically + openly.

Our hearts are the central powerhouses in our lives.  They are the guiding forces that give us the ability to live a fulfilling and healthy life. And because of this, our hearts are craving to be free.  

So let the stillness creep in.
Let the grief bring you to your knees.
Breathe life into your heart.
Be willing (and tender) to be vulnerable, to be uncertain, to be messy, to be clueless, to be incompentent.
And be thankful for the law of impermanence – sooner or later you are going to make it to the other side of grief.  

That’s a promise.