Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Remembering the Good Times






Remembering the Good Times

“Real happiness is so simple that most people do not recognize it.  They think it comes from doing something on a grand scale, from some great achievement, or great recognition. In reality it is derived from the simplest, the quietest, the most unpretentious moments shared by two or in a family. Moments shared with those we love.”   

I had the good fortune to facilitate a Mixed Grief Group made up of individuals from different life experiences around the death of a loved one.
 (Death of a spouse, a child, a sibling, a parent or a relative.)
We shared our lack of ability to control what happened or when our feelings / emotions would make an appearance causing sadness, tears and/or anger; often at the most inappropriate time. Then we talked about “Happy Moments”, a special memory or a meaningful experience shared with their loved one. Pictures of these moments flooded their minds as we sat late into the night remembering all the “Good Times or Funny Moments shared”. What would your story be?
  

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