Spirituality may or may not play a role in how people grieve, but if it does, it gives great comfort. Gayle Kirk posted this piece on a page for grieving parents. In it, she talks about what she’s learned since her brother took his own life. It’s beautiful and, to many, I think it will be comforting. Thank you, Gayle, for allowing me to use this here.
THERE IS NO DEATH FOR THE SOUL by Gayle Kirk
I have great compassion for you regarding the passing of your loved ones. I have had several people I was very close to make their transition, including my brother who sadly took his own life.
I am learning that we can love people deeply (on Earth and in Heaven) without needing and believing others are the source of our self-worth, love, happiness, and inner peace – even if we are family or friends.
We can learn to love ourselves, express our needs, take care of ourselves, and seek healing.
We can learn to accept the past/present/ourselves/others while surrendering to a power greater than ourselves to guide and support us.
We can learn to trust that one day we will have greater understanding about those people and things that seem difficult, outrageous, or unfair.
We can learn to have faith that those we love who are in Spirit are now healthy and at peace. They are still with us in a different way. We will be together in Heaven someday when the time is right.
We can continue to have a relationship with those we love who are in Spirit, to still feel their love, and to send them our love as we connect our Soul with their Soul.
We can be willing to learn to accept what is and ask for help with it.
I am learning to focus on being thankful that my loved ones are no longer suffering and are now at peace.
I am learning to think of my loved ones in Heaven as surrounded by the love of family, friends, and pets in Heaven who are now with them.
I am learning to create a new relationship with those in Spirit and to experience them, not as a physical presence, but as a living Spiritual Presence in my life – still very much alive, but in a different form – as pure Soul.
I am aware that I am an eternal Soul too and that my loved ones in Heaven and I can love one another and still communicate Soul to Soul. The bond of love is never broken.
I am focusing on being grateful for having my loved ones in Heaven in my life. I am remembering the many blessings they brought my family. I remember them with love as I remember the good times we had together.
I celebrate their life. I honor them with the way I live and I make them proud knowing that when I am happy, they are happy for me.
I am comforted in knowing we will all be together again as a family one day in Heaven.
Let us be willing to open our hearts to let in healing and the love from others. Let us share our love with others.
Let us appreciate each and every day we have together. Let us all come closer together as a family and as an extended family.
Let us not hesitate to tell and show those we love how much they truly mean to us while we can.
We choose to come here to love, create, learn, heal, and grow.
Be gentle with yourself and others. It helps to ask, “What can I learn from this?” and to help others who are in similar situations or needing help in other ways.
By extending our hand and hearts, we also help heal ourselves.
© 2017 Gayle Kirk
Please share with those you love.
Gayle Kirk was inspired by Spirit and her own personal experiences with grief to write this beautiful message. It is based on a dedication she wrote about her brother who sadly took his life. She hopes it will help you on your healing journey. As a professional Psychic, Medium, and Channel for over 20 years, Gayle Kirk also provides Private Readings for Messages from Family, Friends, and Pets in Heaven and Psychic Guidance from Spirit Guides via Telephone & Skype. Gayle would love to have a reading with you to help you be your most and to create your best life! To read the full article “Dedication To My Brother” please go to the Articles link on Gayle Kirk’s website. www.GayleKirk.com
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Beautiful message to help those who are grieving. Thank you for sharing.
This is such a great post. It’s so hard to lose love ones. and these article, this words are so calming, very comforting and so inspiring.
Very passionate words. Many of us grieve our love ones in some point of our lives but its also great to appeciate the love they gave while alive. It lives forever.
What a powerful post. Thank you for sharing!
this is such a great article! It is so hard to go through loss and it’s so hard to process.
Those are beautiful words, even for those of us who aren’t spiritual or religious. Celebrating a person’s life is a valuable and thoughtful way to deal with the difficulty of their passing. Life is a gift and they will be remembered.
Such words can only be written by someone who has experienced loss. Love transcends time, place, even death. May you embrace the love that is, the love you are as you bring Loves embrace to full circle. <3 Evelyn, PathofPresence
This is so true! We can always learn something from our experiences and we can help others by sharing our stories with them. Thanks for this.
These words are so comforting. I have dealt with loss and grief, and I also like to think that the bond of love is still there, even with my loved ones that have been gone for over 20 years.
You are so right! We will definitely see the bigger picture later on down the road. It will take time but things get clearer with time.
What a deep and beautiful post. It’s so hard to deal with a loss.
I like this message! It sounds like Gayle has reflected on this quite a bit. I agree that we should both open ourselves up to love and share love.
Your such a strong woman. I really can’t imagine the pain of losing someone you love. and you are so great turning your pain into positive things. Life must continue no matter how hard it is.
This is a great post for my girlfriend. Her Husband unexpectedly passed away recently. I will have to share this with her.
I ma approaching the 3rd year my father passed this 12/13/17. It is such a hard time but I use to feel him with me. Not anymore, but he was there.
This is very beautiful. I have lost a lot of people close to me in my lifetime including my father to suicide, and I have always carried a lot of anger about these deaths. It has only been with age and time that I have realized I need to open myself to healing and let go of that anger. This is very inspiring.
What a great read and something I really needed today. Thank you for sharing this.
Beautiful! I certainly feel that my deceased loved ones are still with me, just in a different way. They are still deeply missed.
These words will truly be helpful for anyone dealing with loss right now. They are genuine and heart felt. Thank you for sharing this!
These words are incredibly touching. Dealing with loss… very hard topic especially because people deal with it in such different ways. But it’s like you say, it’s all in a celebration of the person’s life… and appreciating the moments you spent with them.
Grief is such a horrid thing, something we all seem to react to differently, this is definitely a post that could help many.
Powerful indeed! Thank you for sharing this with us, Carol and if Gayle is reading, God Bless.
Thanks for sharing this. A good read for those who have lost a loved one.
We who have lost loved ones need to read this….it is lovely!
The love I have for my husband is so strong. It could never be broken ever. Love is the most powerful emotion ever and all rules are broken for it.
Having lost both of my parents, it is true that the bond of love is never broken. Gayle does do a wonderful job expressing the sentiment.
This really touched me. I have delt with some major loss in my life, and it felt like the pain would never end. This is such a comforting read for anyone dealing with loss.
This is something that anyone dealing with loss should read at least once a day. Those are powerful words.