"How often, gentle reader, have you told yourself, “I just have to accept this loss, let go, so that I can move on,” only to find that the more you will yourself to let go and move on, the more you can’t stop thinking about what you have lost?
Acceptance became a place to be in the Five Stages of Grief by Dr. Kübler-Ross. It makes for a very convenient endpoint of a grief journey, like the last piece of a puzzle fitting neatly into the picture. Everything makes sense, and the work is finished.
However, what if we have this backwards? What if acceptance is both the beginning and the end of a grief journey? Better yet, what if acceptance is an action that you, dear griever, can apply to your daily life. Allow me to explain more clearly this concept of acceptance."
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