Can you see

You're grieving not only for what you lost, but for the life you had envisioned. You're grieving the future; for all of the plans and dreams you had in your head. Now that's all gone. There is this wonderful saying, "You have to give up the life you've planned to find the life that's waiting for you." All our lives we grow by giving up things. By loss, by moving on. Big Things, little ones. How we handle those losses really defines who we are.

All you need is a place where you can talk out loud; where you can hear what you really think. What YOU think. What you want to do and what you don't want to do. And you'll know when it's time to move on.

If you don't acknowledge and feel it, it will never get out of your way. Unacknowledged feelings are like a drunken cousin at a family reunion; they never shut up so you can hear anyone else and you have to be able to hear what's next in your life, what path you might want to travel down. You have to be able to see what's there, what's right there, right in front of your eyes. -Nora Walter, Brothers and Sister-

In the morning, I was being tagged in this FB note, posted by Clara who quoted it from the TV series Brothers and Sisters. This TV quote, hits the spot hard, very.