from Emotionallly Healthy Spirituality by Geri and Peter Scazzero

Read the following paragraphs slowly and thoughtfully.

Loss is a place where self-knowledge and powerful transformation can happen - if we have the courage to participate fully in the process.

We all face many "deaths" within our lives.  Our culture routinely interprets these losses and griefs as alien invasions and interruptions to our "normal" lives.  The choice is whether these deaths will be terminal (crushing our spirit and life) or will open us up to new possibilities and depths of transformation in Christ.