Emotions

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“Don't cling to things, because everything is impermanent... But detachment doesn't mean you don't let the experience penetrate you.
On the contrary, you let it penetrate you fully. That's how you are able to leave it...You're afraid of the pain, you're afraid of the grief... But by throwing yourself into these emotions, by allowing yourself to dive in, all the way, over your head even, you experience them fully and completely. You know what pain is. You know what love is. "All right. I have experienced that emotion. I recognize that emotion. Now I need to detach from that emotion for a moment.”
― Mitch Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie   

Pity Party

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“I thought about all the people I knew who spent many of their waking hours feeling sorry for themselves. How useful it would be to put a daily limit on self-pity. Just a few tearful minutes, then on with the day.”
― Mitch Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie

Dying Is Inevitable

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“Everyone knows they re going to die,' he said again, 'but nobody believes it. If we did, we would do things differently.”
― Mitch Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie

An Open Heart

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“If you're trying to show off for people at the top, forget it. They will look down on you anyhow. And if you're trying to show off for people at the bottom, forget it. They will only envy you. Status will get you nowhere. Only an open heart will allow you to float equally between everyone.”
― Mitch Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie   

The Watching Family

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"This is part of what a family is about, not just love. It's knowing that your family will be there watching out for you. Nothing else will give you that. Not money. Not fame. Not work."

Mitch Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie

Suicide and the Christian

What about suicide when I am a Christian?

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Watch this video by Author and Pastor, Redeemer Fellowship, Joe Thorn...

Joe Thorn on Suicide and the Christian Crosswalk

Stay blessed

Paddick Van Zyl

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The Passage of Grief

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"Grief never ends...but it changes. It's a passage, not a place to stay. Grief is not a sign of weakness, nor a lack of faith... It is the price of love."
Unknown Author

There are so many golden nuggets to be gleaned from this one quote.

• Grief is something we will all have to face at one time or another in our lives
• Grief is pretty much an ongoing 'emotional' aspect
• It changes us
• Most important - grief should never be a dwelling place, a place in life where we get stuck and where we end up moving in. It is a journey designed to change and empower but also teach us
• Grief should never be viewed as a weakness, frailty or disability
• Grief strengthens our faith in that we can be assured of our loved one being much better off if they had faith to believe God's Word for salvation
• Grief gives us a future hope of heaven

When God designed us, He also designed grief as part of the process we would go through to heal. Always remember - everyone grieves and mourns in their own unique way and there are no prescribed processes or ways of grieving.

Stay blessed.

Pr Paddick Van Zyl

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