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The Radical Act of Letting Things Hurt: How (Not) to Help a Friend in Sorrow Why our instinctive efforts to salve another's sadness tend to only deepen their helpless anguish and broaden the abyss between us and them - and what to do instead.
"Grief is a force of energy that cannot be controlled or predicted," Elizabeth Gilbert reflected in the wake of losing the love of her life. "Grief does not obey your plans, or your wishes. Grief will do whatever it wants to you, whenever it wants to. In that regard, Grief has a lot in common with Love."
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