This week on Poetic Resurrection in Colors of Life,
We're going to discuss grieving our dreams.
Grieving dreams is when we review our lives and realize a dream we have pursued for so long doesn't benefit us anymore.
I recorded an episode of my other podcast,
Chica and the Man,
With my co-host Alex Greenwood.
We talked about career changes and how it affected us.
How we grieve when we have pursued a job,
Career,
Or a business and gave our heart and soul to it only to have to let it go.
We know it's the right thing to do,
But yet there's this sadness of letting go.
We think,
What if I could have done more?
Where did I go wrong?
Was I just not good enough?
In reality,
I feel the lessons and importance of it has run its course.
When we feel this way,
It's a form of grieving.
We need to address it.
As Eleanor Haley from Grieving the Loss of Hopes and Dreams states,
When we care deeply about something,
It can be difficult to know when to let it go.
Sometimes our hopes are all we have to keep us getting out of bed in the morning.
People always like to say things like,
It's never too late to follow your dreams and many times this is true.
When there is a chance to see your dreams through or there is still joy in the journey,
By all means keep going.
I grieved letting go of acting.
There was no more joy in the journey.
I knew I couldn't make a living at it,
Yet I pursued it for many years.
I was in disbelief because I had invested so many years and my soul into it.
How can I love acting and the career doesn't love me back?
Nowadays if it comes my way,
I'll be happy to do it.
It's the pursuit of it I have released.
It was heartbreaking and liberating at the same time.
As the CDC states on grief and loss,
Grief is a normal response to loss during or after a disaster or other traumatic event.
Grief can happen in response to loss of life as well as the drastic changes to daily routines and ways of life that usually bring us comfort and a feeling of stability.
Common grief reactions include shock,
Disbelief or denial,
Anxiety,
Distress,
Anger,
Periods of sadness,
Loss of sleep and loss of appetite.
Regardless of the scenario,
The loss of hopes and dreams can be incredibly hard to accept and cope with.
Deep listening is the practice of turning towards your feelings and emotions.
Most of us have the tendency to run away from anything uncomfortable within us.
But numbing,
Avoiding and rejecting our pain only makes what we feel larger and scarier than it is.
When we turn towards our pain with curiosity and gentleness,
We often find an immediate sense of relief.
Alethea Luna What I've learned through grief is to accept,
Be kind and love myself.
Life will have its moments.
It's part of living.
One to ride the beautiful never-ending passions and gifts of life.
The poem for this week is Quiet from Inspire Me Perception.
Black and white chrome bedroom reflects silvery gray moods of the uncharted mind.
Incandescent garden lights shine through the blinds marking lines on face.
Stares at the light.
Answers from another realm beyond our three dimensions.
Silence prays existence of yearning questions.
An essence enters.
Smokey figure gazes into questioning eyes.
Serene presence felt.
Changing monochrome movie of thoughts and dreams reflect on cheeks and lips.
Grin extends to essence.
Crimson smile blushing face sends joy to ashen figure as chromatic shades appear and smokey image disperses.
Lights fade into darkness.
Rem creates memories of longevity with peaceful nightfall sleep.
Good night.
