Widow and Widower
Men and woman of every culture share some aspects of grief, but there is wide divergence in how death is perceived and grief is expressed depending upon family and ethnic cultures. Regarding gender, it is often said that women feel their way while men think their way through the grief process.
Women seem to adapt to learning new skills regarding repair and maintenance, while men are less interested in learning domestic skills. As a result men are often ahead of women in their desire to find a new partner.
Women seem to adapt to learning new skills regarding repair and maintenance, while men are less interested in learning domestic skills. As a result men are often ahead of women in their desire to find a new partner.
How do I Start Over?
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Move on Without Me by Susan Beer is about moving on after the loss of her husband. Rather than concentrating on her loss, she transformed it into how fortunate she was; how much she gained. Susan counted her blessings and remembered in doings so that it was important for her to move on. How she did so, how she interacted is what Move on Without Me is all about. Moving on is without choice. How one does so is with choice be it "woe is me" or the power of positive thinking. Susan prefers the latter and focuses on that in her book and in her life.Whether you choose to move on after losing a spouse determines how you will live the rest of your life.
After the raw grief subsides and the emotional roller coaster evens out you are likely to ask “Just what am I going to do with the rest of my life? How shall I live? Am I going to live a full life again or quietly settle for whatever comes my way?”
These questions signal a time of shifting downward and inward in order to ultimately move up and out. Everyone has the potential to pursue an ever-evolving independent lifestyle. While your age, health and finances may limit you to a degree, there is always something you can do to enhance your life…today.
Things to remember prior to getting into new relationships:
Move on Without Me by Susan Beer is about moving on after the loss of her husband. Rather than concentrating on her loss, she transformed it into how fortunate she was; how much she gained. Susan counted her blessings and remembered in doings so that it was important for her to move on. How she did so, how she interacted is what Move on Without Me is all about. Moving on is without choice. How one does so is with choice be it "woe is me" or the power of positive thinking. Susan prefers the latter and focuses on that in her book and in her life.Whether you choose to move on after losing a spouse determines how you will live the rest of your life.
After the raw grief subsides and the emotional roller coaster evens out you are likely to ask “Just what am I going to do with the rest of my life? How shall I live? Am I going to live a full life again or quietly settle for whatever comes my way?”
These questions signal a time of shifting downward and inward in order to ultimately move up and out. Everyone has the potential to pursue an ever-evolving independent lifestyle. While your age, health and finances may limit you to a degree, there is always something you can do to enhance your life…today.
Things to remember prior to getting into new relationships:
- It is less painful to be lonely without another than to be lonely with another.
- Be aware that infatuation can cloud your judgment about long-term compatibility.
- You can put a round peg into a square hole if you make the peg small enough.
- Be brave enough to end a relationship that isn’t right for you.
- If you are ready to commit, accept the risk inherent in all relationships.
- It may be a mistake, but there is life after mistakes, and we are all more than our mistakes.
- That said, it is not wise to get into an incompatible relationship just to build character.