Healthy Tip: We’ve been taught to move past sorrow quickly, like it’s a pothole on the road to normalcy. But sorrow isn’t something to dodge. It’s something to listen to. Sorrow is a sign that something mattered. It reminds us that we’re connected, invested, and vulnerable.
Practical example: After losing a pet, a man kept setting out a bowl of food at feeding time for weeks. He knew the pet was gone. But sorrow needed a ritual. That bowl was his quiet way of honoring the bond. His emotional sense of sorrow was helping him grieve.
Sorrow, when welcomed, can be healing. It doesn’t ask us to fix it — just to feel it.
Teaser for Post 4: Tomorrow’s emotional sense may surprise you—one we often chase, but rarely understand.