{"id":1622,"date":"2018-02-23T03:50:12","date_gmt":"2018-02-23T08:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/?p=1622"},"modified":"2018-02-22T19:55:50","modified_gmt":"2018-02-23T00:55:50","slug":"week-180-spread-happyness-connect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/?p=1622","title":{"rendered":"Week #180\u00a0– Spread Happyness: CONNECT!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Week #180 – Spread Happyness: CONNECT!<\/strong><\/p>\n

It’s been a heart-rending week in the news.<\/p>\n

At one moment we are cheering on and celebrating our Olympic athletes’ greatest achievements…<\/p>\n

…and the next we are watching grieving families publicly process their greatest loss.<\/p>\n

These are the weeks that I don’t know what to say. \u00a0There are no words that can make sense of or satisfy the emptiness of grief. \u00a0It is permanent, deep, and lonely place.<\/p>\n

(Even if it’s occupied by love.)<\/p>\n

And while there is lots of discussion and debate about what to do, there are families caught in the crossfire who are just…trying…to grieve.<\/p>\n

Because no amount of debate or discipline is going to bring their loved one back. \u00a0None.<\/p>\n

For them, it’s forever…and it’s absolutely heartbreaking.<\/p>\n

This week I can’t help but take a step back to Week #60<\/a> and challenge us to reach out and CONNECT with someone else who is struggling.<\/span><\/p>\n

Especially someone who is\u00a0<\/strong>grieving.<\/b><\/p>\n

Grief is one of the loneliest roads a person can travel — because each loss is unique to the griever. \u00a0We don’t need to fix it, or make sense of it, or spin it — we can just be lost in it as much as the other person and say we don’t know why…we just know, and we’re really\u00a0really\u00a0<\/em>sorry.<\/p>\n

A little connection goes a LONG way. \u00a0Don’t hold back.<\/p>\n

Your Happyness Challenge\u00a0for the week ahead:\u00a0CONNECT with someone this week! \u00a0<\/strong>Send an email or text, make a phone call or reach out to let them know you are thinking of them. \u00a0If you know them better — make some food, offer to help with a chore, or run an errand. \u00a0(And if they’re already gone — talk to them out loud, write a letter, or share a story about them with someone else.)<\/p>\n

Grief knows no time limit…but neither does love!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Spread Happyness — CONNECT! \u00a0And share\u00a0your experiences in the comments!<\/p>\n

2\/23\/18 by Grace Church
\n<\/em>\u00a9 Grace Church
\ngrace@spreadhappyness.com<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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