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Music and Grief

Grief can strike us at any moment and doesn’t always have a definitive source. We could lose a loved one or our life can go completely off the rails. Grief, comes with living, and no matter what you do to avoid it, grief can still occur. Heartache, sadly, is not limited to a single individual. Pain and sorrow can grip and ripple through an entire community, nation, or even the world.

Many songs have been created with these powerful feelings in mind. They express a deep almost bottomless pit of sadness that, at times, seems inescapable. For some, listening to these types of songs and realizing that though they are in pain, he or she is not alone and that someone somewhere can understand. It allows people to express the deepest sorrows of your soul and openly and freely acknowledge them.

For others, a different approach is necessary. Some may try to avoid feeling altogether and use music as a way to escape from their grief until either a better time to express it arises, or they are able to deal with it at a later date when they feel more prepared. There is no right or wrong way to deal with matters of the heart. With sorrows and pains, it’s best to take it one day at a time. Some days will be better than others, and there is the unfortunate possibility that you may not ever feel completely the same again. Music can offer you a way to express your feelings. You can vent, rant, cry, or do whatever you need to in the sanctity of music.

Jandy Nelson expresses grief in a heart-wrenching, yet beautiful way when she wrote, “My sister will die over and over again for the rest of my life. Grief is forever. It doesn’t go away; it becomes a part of you, step for step, breath for breath. I will never stop grieving Bailey because I will never stop loving her. That’s just how it is. Grief and love are conjoined; you don’t get one without the other. All I can do is love her, and love the world, emulate her by living with daring and spirit and joy.”

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