This was on Faithit, but I have heard of this website before, "Scribbles and Crumbs", so I wanted to record that name. This was featured because of a project on the website called #OnComingAlive. Here is something that a dad, Chris Jones (c'mon, is that his real name? Just kidding!) wrote who lost his child:
"At least for me, I have begun to see a relationship between grief and gratitude. At first glance, they would seem polar opposites...as different from each other as oil and water, fire and ice, love and hate. Yet the more I come to experience grief and gratitude the more I begin to see they play an important symbiotic role.
Grief tells our hearts things like, 'How can I possibly find joy again when so much was lost?' Gratitude responds softly, 'Yes, it hurts, but what a blessing it was, even if only a short time.'
Grief screams. It commands and demands. Gratitude whispers. It is soft and subtle.
Grief sees only what was lost, while gratitude sees what was gained."
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