I had a friend last night that shared a video on Facebook that really hit home with me. He is struggling with depression and wanted to let others know that they are not alone. Many people are trying to tackle this but so many people choose to suffer in silence. There is a stigma with someone saying that they are not ok and that they need help.
My friend’s message made me cry and hit me so hard, I sent him a message just to reach out to him and let him know that he is not alone as well. We all have times that we feel like we are not enough. We all hit rough chapters in our life that seemed so impossible to overcome but you did. I have to sometimes say to myself that Everything is Temporary.
In the yoga world, this has become cliche, but for an ordinary person with no yoga experience this is a mantra that could be the difference between life and death. To truly understand what it is like to know that everything is temporary one has to practice the art of letting go or detaching from anything that is to cause us pain. Family, friends and lovers were all born to die just like we are all born to die. We don’t accept this continually proven fact and in turn grieve like we thought this person was going to live forever.
I certainly don’t want to diminish anyone’s grief or pain they feel if they have last someone. However, knowing that you treated that person with the best of intentions and respect. Did this person make you smile when they entered the room? Did you acknowledge that? We are surrounded by people everyday that just want us to be happy. Do we always return that same sentiment back to them?
There is no way to treat grief that works for everyone. The mindset we bring into grief will lift us up or bring us to very dark places in life we never knew existed. This is all up to the individual but no one is to say that that person is right or wrong in the way that they grieve a person. Mindset and Grieving are the force of two opposites because you want to remember the happiest time during a tragic time in life.