A New Dawn

The sun will rise

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One thing that we can rely on is that the sun will rise and a new day will dawn. When certainty can be unsure, feelings can become overwhelming and anxiety can cause emotional distress, nature can be a certainty of hope.

Observing the sunrise, seeing the bright orange circle encompassing the bottom of the sky as a bright beacon of light. Grounding the soul in the natural cycle of mother nature and accepting the present moment will calm the nervous system.

Accepting that you can only control yourself and that there is a massive world which is continually changing and beyond any human beings control, allows you to be grateful for the vastness of the world.

Gratitude for a glimmer of beauty from the sunrise and an opportunity to make a different choice today, is a freedom of being human. A small change can make a big difference to how you feel.

Connecting with your body in small movements, such as wiggling your toes or lifting your hands to stretch out your fingers, can bring your mind and body into a mindful state of the present moment. If you are able to look around you and take in what you see, hear, smell, taste and touch, you will no longer be living in the past. Each time you bring your awareness into the here and now, you may feel a moment of calm.

The world never stops, it is always moving forward, like the river flows to the sea and

as the darkness of night is followed by the lightness of the morning. Being in the present moment, breath deeply, move gently, say kind words and being attune to your inner senses to allow an understanding of inner feelings.

Nature will always be there to ground you in the moment, smell the air, feel the sun, taste the wind, touch the ground and a new dawn breaks, you have made it through the pain for one more day.

Each new day will bring its own challenges and grief as you experience life without the person. Grief is a way of living in the present with loss and of the love for another. Love does not die with the deceased, it lives on in the living. The hurt will lessen, memories treasured and a way of memorialising your grief can help you to keep on living in the present, while having a special place to remember your loved one.

You never stop loving, but you can start living again.