Loss is like a closed road that forces us to turn around and find another way to our … - Gerald Lawson Sittser

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Gerald Lawson Sittser

Loss is like a closed road that forces us to turn around and find another way to our destination. Who knows what we will discover and see along the way.

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I did not get over the loss of my loved ones; rather, I absorbed the loss into my life, like soil receives decaying matter, until it became a part of who I am.

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The quickest way for anyone to reach the sun and the light of day is not to run west, chasing after the setting sun, but to head east, plunging into the darkness until one comes to the sunrise.

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Loss provides an opportunity to take inventory of our lives, to reconsider priorities, and to determine new directions.

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Worry is different from fear. If fear is like a raging fever, worry is a low-grade temperature. It nags at us, simmers in our souls, hovers in the back of our minds like a faint memory. We may fear certain realities, like death; we worry about vague possibilities. Worry distracts us more than paralyzes us. It is like a leaky faucet we never get around to fixing.

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Regret is… an unavoidable result of any loss, for in loss we lose the tomorrow that we needed to make right our yesterday or today.

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