Grief can be a vulnerable thing, besides a common saying that time heals all wounds, only those who have suffered from the loss of a dear one know that there is no way you can deal with grief. Often it takes a month or longer after the passing of loved one that things seem to be okay. But then after some time that loss hits you hardback again. If you want to reduce someone’s grief then these quotes about grief and healing are for you. Take a look:
How to Heal Someone Who is in Grief:
Grief can be a vulnerable thing, besides a common saying that time heals all wounds, only those who have suffered from the loss of a dear one know that there is no way you can deal with grief. Often it takes a month or longer after the passing of loved one that things seem to be okay. But then after some time that loss hits you hardback again. If you want to reduce someone’s grief then these quotes about grief and healing are for you. Take a look:
“You cannot afford to withhold forgiveness. Nothing will destroy your life more surely, for there is a great hidden grief in the denial of forgiveness. your heart is so heavy from what you have not forgiven that you bear the offenses of another as if they were your own”
“The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing, not healing, not curing… that is a friend who cares. ” -Henri Nouwen
“One the days where no one but you mentions their name, I am so, so sorry. Say their name bravely. Know that they are real, they were still here, and they are still yours”
“I wasn’t ready to say goodbye. I was not ready to let you leave me. I never would be. And every day, I am bleeding, but it was you that I learned when life strikes me down, I can bleed love and grace.”
“I know you feel broken, so I won’t tell you to have a wonderful day. Instead I whisper these words to you ‘just hold on’. As the darkest days of grief start to get less, the sun will rise again for you” -Zoey Clark-Coates
“The reality is that you will grieve forever. You will not ‘get over’ the loss of a loved one; you will learn to live with it. You will heal and you will rebuild yourself around the loss you have suffered. You will be whole again but you will never be the same. Nor should you be the same, nor should you want to” - Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
Quotes About Grief and Healing:
“You are on the floor, crying. And you have been on the floor crying for days. And that is you being brave. That is you getting through it the best you know how. No one else can decide what your tough looks like.” — Unknown
“Grief is like the ocean, it comes in waves ebbing and flowing. Sometimes the water is calm, and sometimes it is overwhelming. All we can do is learn to swim.” — Vicki Harrison
“You will lose someone you can’t live without, and your heart will be badly broken, and the bad news is that you never completely get over the loss of your beloved. But this is also the good news. They live forever in your broken heart that doesn’t seal back up. And you come through. It’s like having a broken leg that never heals perfectly—that still hurts when the weather gets cold, but you learn to dance with the limp.“ – Anne Lamott