More from the Journal of Personal and Interpersonal Loss

In relevant situations, a collection of phrases from high school writing classes streamline themselves through a voice in my head like a mantra:

No growth without change, no change without death

I've been tempted to post it as a stand-alone quote.
Today though,
I found a similar bundle of words in a quote from the beginning of the Journal:



When we think of loss we think of the loss, through death, of people we love. But loss is a far more encompassing theme in our life. For we lose not only through death, but also by leaving and being left, by changing and letting go and moving on. And our losses include not only our separations and departures from those we love, but our... losses of romantic dreams, impossible expectations, illusions of freedom and power, illusions of safety - and the loss of our own younger self. (Viorst, 1986 p.2)


(I can't find it now,
but I remember recently seeing a quote about the irresponsibility of setting expectations too high.)