It's #worldmentalhealthday in the midst of #breastcancerawarenessmonth so this is an important one for me. Although I know it also relates to a lot I am grieving outside of the cancer space too. Grief exists alongside joy and growth and gratitude. @annamathur recently posted about the ghosts of ourselves we are faced with daily. I think this sums it up perfectly. Life is constantly changing and we are constantly changing. Life experiences happen that mould and transform us, sometimes uncomfortably and painfully, into new versions of ourselves. And we want to fight this change. It's okay to ask for help in these ever changing painful times. It's okay to feel deep grief alongside deep gratitude. It's okay to mourn how things once were whilst trusting you are now exactly where you need to be. It's okay to feel every single emotion, sometimes within the space of ten minutes. It's okay to need time to process. There is no time limit on grief. It's okay to be a messy human. We all are. The only thing I ask of you today is you try to be compassionate to that messiness. Be compassionate to how hard you might be finding things. Be compassionate to the loss you are feeling... of yourself, of those relationships that are no longer how they once were, of times gone by. Be compassionate and hopefully with all that compassion an ease will come over you that allows all of it to be processed. And for you to know that it is okay for all these things to occur simultaneously and that with an acceptance of this comes the inner peace we all deserve. That this too shall pass. Sending you all huge pockets full of love and compassion today and always ❤️ #lifeaftercancer #mentalhealthmatters #itsokaynottobeokay #thistooshallpass