My Hope Is Found In My Love, Not In The Degree Of My Grieving.

Are there benefits to us in grieving? Consider:  We get a lot of attention and sympathy from friends. Grief can be an excuse-to ourselves and others-not to continue with responsibilities we'd as soon be without. Grief-can make us feel we have stayed close to the one we loved. After all, the loved one's dying was our last connection, and why wouldn't we want to hold on?? Are we clinging to grief for attention's sake? Yes, we want to stay close to the one we've lost, but it's the person we need to hold in our hearts and minds. Dwelling on the loss can get in the way of our doing that.
My Hope is Found in My Love, Not in the Degree of My Grieving...