CANDY WASHINGTON

WRITER | PRODUCER | ACTOR | MANIFESTATION + SELF-LOVE MUSE

Don't Let Death Rob You Of Yourself

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Hi lovelies,

They were gone too soon! 

They still had so much to live for! 

I miss them! 

Death is a thief that takes away the people we love. Unfortunately, despite scientific innovations, we haven’t yet found a way to cheat death. We are, therefore, left with no other option than to watch the people we love go. The hardest thing you’ll have to do in life is to stay alive when someone else dies. When you lose someone, you discover an emptiness nothing can fill. But, you can’t afford to let the void take over your life. Grief is a pain you can’t numb, but it doesn’t mean it is a pain that should rule your life. Like all things, grief also passes. You can’t let it take you in the process. While death robs you of the people you love, it doesn’t have to rob you of yourself. 

Grief is a process that happens no matter what you do
Grief isn’t like a math equation you can solve in a few minutes and put away. It is a long and demanding process that happens, regardless of whether you’re working at it or not. Your mind will naturally move through the different steps of grieving if you can relax. Therefore, if you are facing emotional difficulties, you should always come back to yourself and reduce your stress levels. If you are familiar with yoga and meditation, you’d be pleased to know that medication has a healing quality to the soul. While it doesn’t erase the pain, it can help you to accept it. 

You feel alone, but maybe you’re not as alone as you think
Grieving doesn’t have to be a lonely process. While you have to go through your emotional journey, it doesn’t mean you can’t surround yourself with people who can help you with it. The most challenging thing is to understand what happens when someone dies suddenly. Understanding the reason for your loss can help you to cope with the situation. You might even discover that a human error robbed your loved one from you. As painful as it is, you are not on your own. You can reach out to wrongful death attorneys who are tough and talented and can put things right for you. Of course, nothing can replace the people you’ve lost. But it can help you to accept it. 

You can’t carry on in the same way
Death doesn’t only take the people you love away. It also destroys the plans you had with them. Unfortunately, death is not the only event that can change everything. Life does too. The dreams you had a few months ago might have evolved or disappeared by now, simply because life is taking you in a new direction. Grief is a similar process, even if it is more painful. But you have to break out of it and figure out what your new plan in life is. What do you want to do with your life now? Take the time to listen to yourself and reconnect with your inner voice. 

You can’t stop death from robbing you of the people you love. But you can stop it from killing you inside when there’s still so much to live for. Dealing with loss is hard. It is one of the hardest things you’ll have to do. But it should never be something that defines you. Grief happens. But it isn’t who you are. 

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