As a society and as individuals we don't grieve very well.  It is ironic that for most of us, gains and celebrations of new things are the stuff of good conversations and social interaction from pleasant to jovial and even triumphant.  Births, marriages, promotions, new homes and graduations are all met with parties, decorations, smiles, laughter and all manner of open and public displays of delight, joy and celebration.  Yet, because every gain or success must have an end, there are almost certainly at least as many losses in our lives as gains.  Isn't it odd that the act of grieving is not only poorly done, if is it acknowledged at all, and that it is also one of the most actively suppressed emotional states we can experience?

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