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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just  came across this, made me think of this thread:
https://johnpavlovitz.com/2019/02/21/everyone-around-you-is-grieving-go-easy/

I’m the PP  who’s son has late regression autism. I think about this all the time. I don’t “show. My chronic grief and am sure so many people are in the same boat.  Empathy is hard but in the end, it’s really all there is.[/quote]

My grandmother used to say similar.  She would always say that you never know what somebody is going through---and after my grandfather's death I remember the conversation about being in a grocery store grieving and making simple conversation and nobody knowing the intense grief and feeling you are feeling.  That there are people everywhere grieving in some form.

I am from one of those families that slaps a smile on our faces.  If somebody asks how we are doing the answer is always 'fine, thanks'.  But, often we aren't 'fine'.

I love his take on this and I have really practiced it much more acutely as I've moved through intense grief myself.  It has made me much more aware of those in life around me and how fragile we all are--simple acts of kindness and kind words can make the difference in somebody's awful and horrible day.[/quote]

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