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Well-meaning people tell us that

“Happiness is a choice.”

We see beautiful images

accompanying the words

“Choose Joy”

inviting us

challenging us

almost demanding that we

feel something other than what we are feeling.

Really feeling.

So we fake it

at times

to make them happy.

When someone we love

dearly

dies

it is okay to be sad.

It is okay to be “not happy.”

It is okay to wonder if you will ever

ever

ever feel joy again.

It’s all okay.

Give yourself permission

to feel

all the feelings and emotions

that bubble up.

Remind yourself over and over and over

that each feeling has a beginning

a middle

and an end.

Remind yourself that you are not your feelings.

They are currents of energy running through your body.

It is okay to be sad.

Someone you love

dearly has died.

Giving yourself permission to be sad

ensures that you will not always be sad.

If you feel it

the sadness will not stay forever.

Be oh so gentle with yourself.

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