It goes on #TheRunningWriter

I found this Robert Frost quote particularly interesting this morning:

In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.

It is certainly true. No matter what pains, losses, joys, excitement….life just keeps moving. The sun sets. It rises. Nothing we say or do can stop it.

So often, though, we try and stay in one spot. Especially when it comes to grief, depression, sadness. Almost like we need it, need to stay in it to feel.

Maybe we even feel like we shouldn’t be happy or we shouldn’t move on from the grief because it’s dismissing the person we lost. Like we’re forgetting them with each moment of happiness or each smile.

We aren’t.

We will never forget the people who have impacted our lives.

But we do them no good by staying stuck in our sadness, our memories, or our depression. They wouldn’t want that for us.

So, today, I challenge you to find a handful of minutes in the day and choose joy. Choose happiness. Just a few minutes. You won’t be forgetting your loved one. You’ll actually be honoring them by taking care of yourself.

Start small and see where it takes you, my friends.