Katie, this is all so true. Acknowledging our pain doesn't mean we're not also grateful for the good things that remain. Feeling the sorrow is necessary.
It weird. It feels very self-aware or existential (or in more current language, meta) to have feelings about yourself (or more precisely, to acknowledge them), whether it’s sorry, happy, proud, angry, whatever. We’re the narrator of our own life-book, and it’s good to be a kind and understanding one—the sort that lets the main character, us, breathe.
And speaking of breathing, I hope your dog gets/feels better soon!
Katie, this is all so true. Acknowledging our pain doesn't mean we're not also grateful for the good things that remain. Feeling the sorrow is necessary.
It weird. It feels very self-aware or existential (or in more current language, meta) to have feelings about yourself (or more precisely, to acknowledge them), whether it’s sorry, happy, proud, angry, whatever. We’re the narrator of our own life-book, and it’s good to be a kind and understanding one—the sort that lets the main character, us, breathe.
And speaking of breathing, I hope your dog gets/feels better soon!