"I hope this grief stays with me"

 

Andrew Garfield fights back tears and celebrates his mom on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Ryan Holiday talks about the Stoic practice of Memento Mori

 

In his Meditations, the Stoic philosopher Marcus Aurelius wrote that, "You could leave life right now. Let that determine what you do and say and think."

Let It Be: Paul McCartney's deceased mother brought him a message of peace in a dream

Sir Paul's mother passed away when he was 14 (this tragedy later became a bond with fellow-Beatle John Lennon whose mother died when he was 17). Paul sustained other losses throughout his life including the passing of his wife, Linda, and bandmates John Lennon and George Harrison. These losses, and the way he has come to terms with them, have given Paul enormous wisdom about grief, which is on display in this clip.

What do you want out of life?

What do you really want? Bill Murray gives a surprisingly vulnerable and meaningful answer to the question.

Stephen Colbert and Anderson Cooper's beautiful conversation about grief

Golden Embers - a song about loss, grief, and healing

Will the Circle Be Unbroken

Perhaps the most iconic country music song of all time tells the tale of a son mourning his mother on one cold and cloudy day.

How the death of Bradley Cooper's father changed his life

Oprah Winfrey pays tribute to her mother

You are worthy

No Hard Feelings

A song from the Avett Brothers about finding peace at the end

Here Today - Paul McCartney's song for John Lennon

Seasons of Love

One Step Away

One Step Away by Casting Crowns

What if you could go back and relive one day of your life all over again
And unmake the mistake that left you a million miles away
From the you, you once knew
Now yesterday's shame keeps saying that you'll never get back on track
But what if I told you

You're one step away from surrender
One step away from coming home, coming home
One step from arms wide open
His love has never let you go
You're not alone
You're one step away

It doesn't matter how far you've gone
Mercy says you don't have to keep running down the road you're on
Love's never met a lost cause
Your shame, lay it down
Leave your ghosts in the past ‘cause you know that you can't go back
But you can turn around
You've never been more than

One step away from surrender
One step away from coming home, coming home
One step from arms wide open
His love has never let you go
You're not alone (not alone)
You're one step away
You're one step away

Lay down, lay down your old chains
Come now, and take up your new name
Your best life up ahead now
You're one step away

Lay down, lay down your old chains
Come now, and take up your new name
Your best life up ahead now
You're one step away

Lay down, lay down your old chains
Come now, and take up your new name
Your best life up ahead now
You're one step away

So come on home, come on home
One step from arms wide open
His love has never let you go
You're not alone (you're not alone)
You're one step away

Lay down, lay down your old chains
Take up, take up your new name

Lay down, lay down your old chains
Take up, take up your new name

Lay down, lay down your old chains
Come now, take up your new name
Your best life up ahead now
One step away

Lay down, lay down your old chains
Come now, and take up your new name
Your best life up ahead now
You're just one step away
Songwriters: JOHN MARK HALL, BERNIE HERMS, MATTHEW WEST

Soul Repair

Rev. Rita Nakashima Brock describes how faith communities can help in the work of soul repair for moral injuries.

Moral Injury

If they haven't been dealt with earlier, the end of life can be a time of healing soul wounds and finding peace.

What grieving loved ones really need

The journey of acceptance

Paying it forward

Busy counting blessings