Most unpleasant emotions are a call to reflect and then take effective action.

Not so with sadness.

The best you can do with grief and sadness is to simply show up and present with and for them. Which is tough because these are raw, tender emotions we'd really rather simply went away.

If you can practice sitting with sadness as you would an honored guest in your home, however, you'll save yourself a good deal of suffering that goes along with the pain sadness brings. And (you might not like this) sadness brings with it the gift of demanding a high quality of attention for healing.

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