One of the things you find when you lose someone you love is the immediacy of beginnings.  It begins with your first moment without them in your visual world.  It then proceeds to one hour and on until the first day is complete.  And of course for each of those beginnings there has been an ending and therein lies the pain.  As those endings rain down upon you, sometimes becoming a storm, there is the realization of what will never be again.  The smile you loved so much, the private jokes, the “someday” plans, something as simple as your next meal, or a cup of coffee together.  Endings.  But make no mistake.  With each ending there is a beginning and that is the important thing.  What do you do with the next second, the next hour, and what looks like endless days stretching ahead without them.  That is the point.  To honor them and their life here and to honor yourself and your remaining time is the goal.  That is where “Beginnings”  come into play for today and tomorrow.  To “begin” by honoring the Creator and all of His creation here and on “the other side”.  Both exist in harmony.  For some that honoring is prayer and peaceful meditation with God, for others it may be as simple as realizing their loved one is not “dead” but has simply changed forms as the law in physics states.  Both are “beginnings”.

The simplicity of prayer.

The realization there is no death but a changing of form.

“Begin” to heal one moment at a time.

Don’t ask more of yourself than that right now. Those moments will gather creating a healing balm for your heart, your loved one, and your “beginnings”.