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+ | Some cultures would find a heading about the importance of mourning very strange. | ||
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+ | Discernment is at the heart of good mourning, being open to what you want to do - what you need to do. It maybe to spend time in a place that was important to your loved one. It may be through formal processes such as scattering the ashes. You may feel that you want to build your own ritual as a way of saying goodbye, or celebrating the life. | ||
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+ | One of my colleagues took the ashes of his wife to the places that they had shared together and scattered them there even asking formal permission to do so from the authorities in Morocco where they had spent some happy holidays. | ||
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+ | So ... mourning **is** important, don't squeeze it into a busy life, give it time and space, be creative and discerning and look after your own soul. It is a respectful and good way to honour the person who has passed on. |