A HANDOUT · THE LONG LOOP

The Long Loop

A current, research-grounded picture of how grief actually moves — oscillating, nonlinear, sometimes lifelong in a lower key — alongside a strengths-based inventory and a comfort that accompanies the work rather than shortcutting it.

“Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.”

— Isaiah 40:1, KJV

“The comfort was never conditional on finishing the work of adjusting.”

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Reflection

1. 1.Where are you oscillating right now — more facing it, more living, or both?
2. 2.Name one continuing bond (a tradition, a conversation, a memory) you’re keeping alive.
3. 3.What’s one honest thing on a hard day that this practice won’t fix — and that’s allowed?

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