A little bit of Proust for your Friday...

“To elaborate on loss, to look for some insight in it, is not just what a psychologically mature person does, it’s how a person matures." -Dr. Laura A. King

I was watching a TV show yesterday (ok, it was Oprah) and they were discussing loss as a spiritual lesson. A woman was devastated that her business failed and one of the most significant things she said was "This wasn't what I imagined, this wasn't supposed to happen."

But isn't that life? Unexpected, unwelcome things happen and yet, that is when you really LIVE. That's when life becomes an opportunity. Too often, and I certainly do this, it is easier to concentrate on the injustice rather than the possibilities. Elaborating on loss, not ruminating and suffering is the only way of coming out of it (and you will come out of it) changed. As Proust said, "We are healed from suffering only by experiencing it to the full."