Grief and loss are messy.
Messy at work.
Messy at home.
Messy internally.
Messy externally.
All of it is messy.
"Sometimes the obsessives among us try to clean it up. We try to make everything neat and tidy and orderly. We make up rules and we try to enforce them. We create boundaries and timelines and schedules.
It doesn't work though.
The natural chaos of our grief is more powerful than any container we try to put it in. So we might as well let it be messy and trust there's meaning in the messiness."
(writings by Dr. Alan D. Wolfelt)
Normalize the messy leadership path of attending to your mourning and your grief journey.
Lead as well as you can, when you can, without judgement or blame or shame or hurry.
You have my best.
