Easter 2024 Reflection: 25 Ways to cope up with great loss

Easter 2024* Reflection:

25 Ways to cope up with great loss

Dr Abe V Rotor

“Every day is a renewal, every morning the daily miracle. This joy you feel is life.” — Gertrude Stein

“Each night, when I go to sleep, I die. And the next morning, when I wake up, I am reborn.” — Mahatma Gandhi

“Let the resurrection joy lift us from loneliness and weakness and despair to strength and beauty and happiness.”- Floyd W. Tomkins:

 At one time or another, we face the harsh reality following the loss of a loved one, or something very important, such as job, property, elective position, court case. Here are some ways to overcome deep feelings arising from such great loss.

Pieta by Michelangelo: Mary and her dead son Jesus, a scene of the deepest grief and pain of a mother. 

1. Turn to friends and family members
2. Plan ahead for grief “triggers.”
3. Get enough sleep or at least enough rest.
4. Try and maintain some type of a normal routine.
5. Remember that regular exercise helps relieve stress and tension.
6. Eat a balanced diet. Limit high calorie and junk food. Drink plenty of water.
7. Avoid using alcohol, medications or other drugs in excess or to mask the pain.
8. Do those things and be with those people who comfort, sustain and recharge you.
9. Find creative ways - journal, paint, photograph, build, woodwork, quilt, knit, collage or draw to express intense feelings.
10. Remember coping skills you have used to survive past losses. Draw upon these inner strengths again.
11. Draw comfort from your faith
12. Join a support group
13. Talk to a therapist or grief counselor
14. Be kind to others.
15. Perform random acts of kindness.
16. Volunteer your services or skills. Offer your assistance to someone in need.
17. Express your feelings in a tangible or creative way
18. Talk to others, especially those who have lived through and survived similar experiences.
19. Create a Memorial or a Foundation
20. Plant a tree or flowers in a garden in memory of the person.
21. Donate money, time, food, clothing or other needed items.
22. Donate to a charity, homeless shelter, home for abused women.
23. Donate blood at your local blood center.
24. Write sympathy and condolence notes, letters of encouragement and support to those affected by the loss.
25. Remember to tell your loved ones, friends and family how much you care about them often.

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Naturalism - the Eighth Sense.

Apo Resurreccion - Life size icon of the Risen Christ at the author's residence, San Vicente, Ilocos Sur 

Josh McDowell:
“No matter how devastating our struggles, disappointments, and troubles are, they are only temporary. No matter what happens to you, no matter the depth of tragedy or pain you face, no matter how death stalks you and your loved ones, the Resurrection promises you a future of immeasurable good.”

Reference: Healthy Living, HelpGuide Org, Internet

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