🌿 From the Center of Ourselves: Finding Peace After Loss
“When we start at the center of ourselves, we discover something worthwhile extending toward the periphery of the circle... joy in the now... peace in the here... love in me and thee.”
—G. F. Sear
💭 When Grief Interrupts the Everyday
Our minds so often return to the person we lost.
The memories, the silence, the things left undone—
They live quietly beneath the surface of our days.
Today, while cooking dinner, something shifted.
I didn’t have to chop the hamburger as finely as Mark liked it.
That realization felt oddly freeing—
And then immediately, it ached.
Because of course I’d gladly dice meat into a hundred tiny pieces if it meant he could sit beside me at the table again.
🎶 Choosing a Different Response
That small moment could’ve undone me.
But instead, I made a choice.
I turned on our favorite playlist.
Let the music fill the space between sorrow and silence.
He was there in every lyric.
But so was I.
The scent of dinner filled the kitchen.
The world continued to turn.
And for just a moment—I was okay.
🧘♀️ Living From the Center
Grief never entirely leaves.
It walks beside us, shows up uninvited, and takes our breath when we least expect it.
However, sometimes we are invited to return to the center.
Not to move on—
But to move inward.
To find what’s still alive in us.
In the center, we must not forget.
It’s remembering from a place of peace.
Where love still exists, and we still matter.
🕊️ We Can Build Again
God did not ask us to live in the shadow forever.
He placed beauty, music, and even laughter in our reach.
And from the center—from His peace—we can start to rebuild.
Slowly.
Lovingly.
And never without those we carry in our hearts.
Dyan
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