The following statements can be read, written, repeated, and focused upon in times of confusion, alienation, and distress. It may be helpful to write out the statements that are most meaningful to you and carry the statements with you. The statements can be reviewed many times per day, providing a reminder of what is real.
- I won’t always feel this way.
- Joy will return someday.
- Life is a mix of joy and sorrow.
- Emotional pain hurts, but that doesn’t mean it is harmful.
- Trouble and difficulties are a part of life.
- God is greater than any problem you are facing.
- Life is difficult, but God is good.
- Sometimes life doesn’t seem fair.
- God knows me and loves me no matter what!
- Jesus knows how it feels to suffer — He also suffered.
- It’s okay to be angry when something is wrong.
- It’s okay to cry — Jesus did.
- It’s good to acknowledge our needs when we have them.
- It’s okay to be scared — God is with me.
- God is with me even when I don’t feel it.
- God loves me no matter what I feel.
- God will give me strength when I am weak.
- It’s okay to say “no.”
- The truth is always my friend, even when it is painful.
- I can make it through my pain — God will be with me.
- It’s okay to speak the truth in love.
- adapted from Mel Lawrenz & Daniel Green, Life After Grief, 137-138
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