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Funeral Etiquettes Never Taught Before
Don’t say ‘Time heals everything.’ It hurts.
As I write this, the global death toll due to COVD-19 is 428K.
There is a good chance that some of those who read this might have lost a loved one to the virus. If yes, you have my deep condolences.
Do you know what the world needs right now?
Help. Support. Shoulders to cry on.
Regardless of how inspiring, uplifting, and comforting we are, when tragedy knocks our doors, we become needy, desperate, and weak.
Yet, this is what makes humans beautiful. We are fabulous because we are vulnerable.
How can we help when the world is grieving?
Let us start with something simple — learning how to comfort a grieving person. Let us accept this — we suck at comforting.
Every time we try to comfort someone who grieves, we fumble bigtime. Sure, our intentions are good. But this is not about intentions but actions and words.
This is largely due to our lack of understanding of the power of our words. Also, we gravely assume that we know what the grieving man feels. I promise you — we don’t.
Regardless of what we do or say, the grief is not ours. The grief never belongs…
