Living With Loss
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find that each time they share information about<br />
the loss a layer of pain is removed. Gradually, grief<br />
relief is experienced. In his book, <strong>Living</strong> <strong>With</strong> <strong>Loss</strong>,<br />
Healing <strong>With</strong> Hope, Rabbi Earl Grollman stresses<br />
the therapeutic importance of talking about<br />
your loss. “In times of crisis, silence is not golden.”<br />
Rabbi Grollman urges grievers to talk things<br />
out with trusted friends, family, spiritual leaders,<br />
counselors. “You may need to repeat over and over<br />
all the circumstances surrounding your loss.”<br />
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Let Tears Flow<br />
In his book, Born For Love: Reflections on<br />
Loving, Leo Buscaglia, popular author and<br />
university professor, offers this wisdom about crying:<br />
“Tears are a form of compassionate thoughtfulness.<br />
Each time we cry, we emerge with clearer<br />
eyes, cleaner vision. Only recently has our culture<br />
eased up its unwritten taboo against men crying.<br />
Traditionally, men were expected to display granite<br />
faces to the world. A good healthy cry can be a sign<br />
of maturity. We’ve got it all wrong if we still believe<br />
that crying is a sign of weakness. Real weakness is<br />
in not allowing ourselves access to the emotions<br />
expressed through tears.”
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