I have known grief
lost friends
lost pets
lost relationships
lost parents
lost health
lost dreams
Grief is normal and needed and natural
and yet I have learned something else about grief
it is selfish
OK to be selfish when you suffer a terrible loss
but good to remember that we are all the same
we all lose everything
every birth means a death
our loss is really no greater than anyone else's
even though it looks that way
so I don't wallow in grief
I try to grieve privately as much as possible
I let myself get better, even though I never fully recover
and my goal is to be of good cheer
to serve the needs of others
by helping and working and learning to be less selfish
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