to re-engage with joy. Just getting out into nature can be reinvigorating and enlarge our perspective. However, exercising releases endorphins, the feel-good hormones, which boost your mood as you renew your body.


• Be of Service—When we have suffered a loss, we are the recipient of other people’s kindness and attention. Sometimes that attention can be overwhelming and even intrusive. But for the most part, we are on the receiving end of love and compassion. When we are ready, we can move ourselves forward and keep our hearts open, even though it feels broken, by being of service to others. When we are ready to shift our focus from its inward gaze to an outward one, we will know that a major life transition has occurred.


COURAGEOUSLY FACING CHANGE


Metaphysicians tell us that where our attention goes, there the energy flows. Death is change. There is no question about that. The question is how your life will change. You may have had no control over the death of your loved one, but you do have control over the rest of your life. Where will your energy go now? How will you choose to use it? This transition is a defining period for the quality of your future life. Charles Dickens wrote in the opening paragraph of A Tale of Two Cities, “It was the best of times and the worst of times.” If he had reversed the order of those phrases, he could very well have been writing about bereavement. It can be the worst of times. And it can also be the best of times if you are open to the potential gifts of life changes and transitions.


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