Joy and sorrow coexist. Your sorrow is real, yet the joy still rises.
We don’t need to be free of sorrow in order to feel the wonder of the world, gratitude for our place in it, or to experience tender happiness, love and affection.
And when we find ourselves experiencing joy, delight, laughter, fun, it doesn’t mean that we don’t also carry within us at those times the sorrow of our losses, the space left behind by those who have gone, or who are (incrementally, day by day) fading away from us.
Don’t postpone your happiness, or feel guilty about it, embrace it now.
Don’t shy away from your pain, which will only be there waiting for you to unpack it one day, like it or not.
Embrace both and be whole.
Sarah x