During my year, I lost a relative and our beloved dog.
No fun…just when I was settling in a bit to my new chapter.
How to deal with sadness?
Maria Popova’s Brain Pickings blog reviews Michael Rosen’s Sad Book.
The book’s and the review’s main points really hit home.
From Popova: Rosen welcomes the layers of grief, each unmasking a different shade of sadness — sadness that sneaks up on you mid-stride in the street; sadness that lurks as a backdrop to the happiest of moments…
From the author: Really I’m sad but pretending I’m happy.
I’m doing this because I think people won’t like me if I look sad.
Take a look. We’re all in this living drama together.
Note: I retired for twelve months and learned plenty. I’ll be posting at least one stepping stone per week. Each of these lessons or impressions from that year off will constitute a mini-chapter in my book-in-progress. [Yes, that’s one of my unfinished projects. ;->]
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