A grief-aware society. What would that look like?
Imagine a world where we gave the benefit of the doubt to everyone we came into contact with. If a retail cashier seems to be judging your purchase, you check the snark, and instead wish him well as you leave. If a driver cuts you off, perhaps you take a breath and wave another driver in as well. If your child's karate sensei doesn't seem to be paying your son enough attention during one class, perhaps you give an extra nod of understanding as you thank her for the lesson.
Being grief-aware, in my mind, is simply a call to action to be more kind, more patient, and more humble to the humans around us. We are all dealing with our own shit; some days we are better at it than others.
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