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@SocialThemes As mentioned, remembering someone dear means you knew the person well and kept a memory of them like a souvenir to keep them in your heart. There's a big difference on remembering a dear friend  or just someone who doesn't stay in your life forever. It's in these times, you either have a choice if you want to let go.
            On the other hand, if you are unable to let them go, it means you had a deep attachment with that person such as a family member, spouse or friend.

@SocialThemes Remembering someone is consciously choosing to recall memories with them and feeling glad for everything you lived together. Being unable to let them go is when your mind keeps recalling over and over again those memories, which makes you feel negative emotions; not just nostalgia or melancholy because they're gone, but a heavy burden, sorrow, and an intense desire to go back to them just to feel as before, despite knowing things have changed.

@SocialThemes remembering someone means that you have a history with that particular person that you don't have control over. Being unable to let them go is cherishing them while they're still around for you to talk to.

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@SocialThemes Thank you so much for including Shadows of Good Intentions in The Unsaid Tales. ❤️ This piece is very personal to me, so seeing it given a place in this collection genuinely means a lot. I really appreciate the opportunity to share it with more readers, and I hope it reaches someone who may need to hear its message.

@SocialThemes That's difficult to say cause every person deals with grief in their own way. But for most, I'd say it can change you especially if that negative situation happened to you, someone close to you passed away  or something endearing occurred. 
            For me, I don't believe grief reveals who we are unless you are a depressed person. Always try to look toward at the bright side of life!

@ SocialThemes  I think that depends on the person, for some who truly accept their feelings and face them, it changes them. As for the ones who tend to bottle their grieving just so people don't see them as weak people, it starts revealing parts of themselves they refuse to acknowledge, which is a shame cuz it's such a freeing feelings to let it (the grief) out. 

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            I think greif  is a key to unlock the feeling we are trying hard  to hide. Our emotions  our crying all we suppress for years of not showing to anyone .  Not crying, acting like something doesn't affect  us.  It does affect us but we don't want to  show our vulnerability to anyone. We are so bound to show people that we are strong , no matter what happens we are fine. But we don't we just pressurize ourselves to hide our  feelings from everyone. And it's suffocating inside. And at times when  there  is something happening that really shakes us the key unlock the door of that hides emotions and it comes out in a most devastating way it's really shattering us into pieces that we are trying to  keep it from  for a long time. 

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            Had that same trouble years ago cause as a Childhood Cancer Survivor ... the bullies never end even at work! But you know what? I learned that it's pure nonsense ... let thee bullies speak and waste their time. They look at you and could say hurtful things, but if u ignore them or turn the attention on them "as you can say why pick on people? You know the world's not perfect, what about you or you perfect? _ That's an example that I would say.
            
            It's different for everyone ... learning how to accept myself as a disabled person took a long time. In short, it wasn't easy as 1,2,3 cause in the U.S most disabled persons in a classroom or of Caucasian descent. Me? Asian. Add that to stereotypes.
            
            Just be who you are. Learn to love yourself by still being alive! There is one quote I'd like to share for people like me.
            
            I thank God for my handicaps. For through them, I have found myself, my work and my God.” ~ Helen Keller
            
            Accept yourself = that is the key!