If you are in a people-serving profession, I think it is incredibly important that you are constantly pushing outside of your own bubble to understand the perspectives of people around you, people you'll interact with, and frankly, people you may never even meet.
Last night, one of my best friends sent me an Instagram video with a perspective on grief that I had not considered. I am so glad she did. If you have a chance, please visit the account by @alokvmenon and watch this clip.
https://www.instagram.com/tv/CfzPL2IIiyo/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY=
The fresh perspective that kind of blew my mind (in a good way):
"I feel undone by the irrevocable fact that the people that we love die.
And that society is structured in a way that refuses to talk about it.
It's easier to play pretend: that we are immortal, that we are proud, that we aren't lonely.
I believe that unprocessed grief is the fuel of homophobia and transphobia.
Behind every bigot is a broken heart.
Because we have no spaces to grieve, and be witnessed in our pain, we take it out on ourselves and one another."
I wonder if creating a more death positive and grief accepting society could help heal us from the horrors of racism, colonialism, sexism, homophobia, ableism, and ageism...
And bringing it closer to home, if we approached our workplaces by acknowledging that every single client/patient/donor that we serve in our industry may have a broken heart, would that help us to better understand their desired purpose and be more effective in our roles? I think it would certainly help us check ourselves at the door.
What do you think?
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