Stories are often used to help understand concepts and see things in a way we may have not been able to experience or compromise otherwise. The concepts of Grief as this vast ocean with it's own different waves and complexities that we can barely understand has always stuck out to me as insightful. Reaching out to other people and keep floating on is all we can really do when it comes a reaction to that tragic news. It does get better though and this analogy has certainly aided in my healing, understanding and recovery from my difficulties as I continue to grasp at the why's of the situation. Trying to comprehend and consider what has happened to me and how I can now try and use that experience to help others through their journey of grief or loss. Recognizing those different stages and journeys within my life and others that are so personal and individualized when it comes to the different dynamics within our life experience.
Another insightful image and concept that has helped me is "The Ball and the Box" idea where grief is the little red button. And when your grief and really recent, you have this big ball that will bump into it constantly as we go about our days and process of acceptance and recovery. However, over time that grief "ball" is constantly getting smaller and triggers that button less and less as we normalize and acclimate to the reality that they are not there. I hope this insight helps any of you in your stages of bereavement and in helping others through the understanding of the difficult process of living with grief in it's different forms.
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