Tag: peace

Grieving the life you hoped to live doesn’t mean you’ve failed (It means you loved deeply enough to imagine it)

Keywords: Body , childlessness , chronic-illness , COPD , family , Mind , Palliative Care , relationships , Spirit , grief , healing , health , life , loss , mental-health , philosophy , self-talk , spirituality , wellness

I also have a renewed relationship with life itself and the rest of my story, which is yet to be written. I am at peace and I don’t want to live the rest of it in misery by ruminating over that which I cannot control.

https://lungevity.co.uk/2025/12/15/when-youre-still-grieving-the-life-you-hoped-to-live

See also “What I’ve learned – and what I want to share – is the importance of authentic self-talk and using language as medicine“

Permanent grieving is my peace, a constant in my life

Keywords: architecture , family , happiness , healthcare , humour , nature , sadness , satire , travel

Peace is being at home, snacking from the pantry — no butler, no housekeeper, no chef, no porter, no night guard — wallowing in my grief that I’ve carried with me at least since my ten-year old girlfriend died when we were in fifth grade together 52 years ago.

https://treetrunkrick8.wordpress.com/2024/06/08/finding-peace-again