The Sun Still Rises: Surviving and Thriving After Grief and Loss

Want to be heal from loss? Heal by connecting with more people. I sometimes long for the world of my childhood when people made connections just because. On warm summer evenings in the South, we would all be outside. Every neighbor was out on their porch, talking to one another. Everybody knew everybody. They were all connected.

Connect again. Go visit your friend. Call your mom. Visit a nursing home. Call the relative you haven’t spoken to in 8 years (because of who can remember what). Call your third cousins. Be a big brother or sister. Mentor someone. Teach someone to read. Help the lady across the street. Go over and say hi to your neighbor whose name you don’t know. Volunteer to do something for someone. Connect on a personal level. Remember everybody’s birthday. Call someone instead of sending them an Email. Visit instead of calling. Go on a date with your spouse.

Connections are one of the keys to motivation. We live in such a fast paced, crazy “oh my god, I have to get this done” existence. We connect less, work more, and for what - to buy another version of the next big thing?

Make a commitment to connect with one person a day. “How will I know when I connect?” you may wonder. If you have to ask, you didn’t connect. When you do, you will know.

Heal Grief by Making the Connection