Moriah Conant’s Reviews > The Alphabet of Grief: Words to Help in Times of Sorrow: Affirmations and Meditations > Status Update

Meditation: Today I will reach for the hand of a friend when I am feeling most isolated, and I will be a friend to someone who is hurting.
Affirmation: Even in sorrow, I am connected to others. I need not suffer alone.

...death can create a lonely fortress for the living. It’s hard to emerge from our places of sorrow when we are raw and vulnerable and shattered. What makes this even more isolating is that very few people seem to want to come in, at least after the initial news of our loss. It’s as if grief has carved out a terrifying moat that keeps others at bay.

"Meditation: Today I will try not to isolate myself in my grief. I will ask for help when I need it and will open myself to others who wish to ease my burden or who also need a hand to hold.
Affirmation: When my heart is broken, I will let others in. When I see others in pain, I will offer my broken heart."