Sometimes support looks like tears. Sometimes it looks like stillness. Sometimes it looks like calling a friend and not pretending the day is easy. When people cannot cry, I do not tell them to force it. I tell them they are not broken. I tell them that the heart has more than one language.
Thank you for your insights. I don’t think I ever saw joy and grief in such a unique light. I appreciate your use of the nature of the seasons in the Yukon to explain the way grief and joy can move through us. Much love, from Massachusetts 🥰
That was a welcome change of pace for me. Love the meanings you have given to the seasons! Love the exploration about emotional release through dance and crying. Thank you!
Now I see your dancing as a release and embrace of feelings that don't use words. I am not a crier and a friend said I keep my feelings very deep. I'm okay with that and I'll consider a change!!
Oh my goodness, this hit home! I will read it again…and I suspect again. So well expressed, and described it far better than any of the grief books and articles I have read in these last 9 years! Thank you!!
Watching you dance brings lightness to my day! I do enjoy hearing that it’s not performative and it loosens the stuff that needs to move out so you have space to place more joy in your life. I have tears of sadness for myself and others. I also have tears when I’m mad. My tears are mostly a stress release. And I have tears of joy but those are less often, unfortunately.
Thank you for your insights. I don’t think I ever saw joy and grief in such a unique light. I appreciate your use of the nature of the seasons in the Yukon to explain the way grief and joy can move through us. Much love, from Massachusetts 🥰
A natural beauty forms when we allow it.
Let it be what it is.
Without resistance.
Yesterday, it was 26 months since I lost my partner suddenly. The day before, I had experienced joy. The joy that you have written about.
Yesterday, I lay on the floor crying my brains out.
The message in this essay - about grief and joy - lands well in my heart and my head.
Thanks, Gurdeep! Love you!
That was a welcome change of pace for me. Love the meanings you have given to the seasons! Love the exploration about emotional release through dance and crying. Thank you!
Now I see your dancing as a release and embrace of feelings that don't use words. I am not a crier and a friend said I keep my feelings very deep. I'm okay with that and I'll consider a change!!
This article really resonated with me…it is so clearly expressed that I understood the message, and feel enlightened. Thank you for today’s email!
Oh my goodness, this hit home! I will read it again…and I suspect again. So well expressed, and described it far better than any of the grief books and articles I have read in these last 9 years! Thank you!!
Thank you, wise words
Thank you for this heartfelt article. 🙏
Thank you ❤️
The beautiful soul of a life fully lived shines in these words. Thank you for sharing your gifts, Gurdeep.
Beautifully written! Thank you!
Watching you dance brings lightness to my day! I do enjoy hearing that it’s not performative and it loosens the stuff that needs to move out so you have space to place more joy in your life. I have tears of sadness for myself and others. I also have tears when I’m mad. My tears are mostly a stress release. And I have tears of joy but those are less often, unfortunately.