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I think about Alan Watts when he talks about how wanting to be rid of the situation is part of the pain. Like the blister after touching a hot stove, the waiting is part of the grief.
Perhaps it's what people meant when they say "it's okay to not be okay". Because there's no trick to the pain and you have your own way of grieving. It always finds you, either now or walking down a sunny street on a beautiful day