When we truly look within ourselves, we may be surprised to find a glimmer of joy circling the peripheral of our center.  Heck we might even find a sliver of peace.  

From thinking about the meaning of death, remembering our loved ones beautiful faces, reminiscing about times together, it's no wonder most of our thoughts are wrapped up in the person who is gone.  "Healing After Loss" challenges us to; take a moment, return back to our skin, breathe, and try to return to our center.  

It helps to view the context in which we live.  No doubt there are large pieces of our existence that are lonely and bereaved.   However if we dare to look at life starting at our center, we may be surprised to catch other aspects to which our sorrow doesn't impinge as heavily and burdensome as we thought. 

Take air -we breathe in that which is not filtered through our sorrow.  What about the beautiful children playing in the fields - do they not exude an authentic joy from our center?

The key to looking within and seeing other aspects of our center is self-discipline.  The temptation to always want to fall back into our grief is fierce and mighty, but if we can give it a try, we just might find a piece of our world where grief is only a part of it, not all of it.