Grief ... gives life a permanently provisional feeling. It doesn't seem worth starting anything. I can't settle down. I yawn, I fidget, I smoke too much. Up till this I always had too little time. Now there is nothing but time. Almost pure time, empty successiveness.

C.s. Lewis
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The quote, “Grief ... gives life a permanently provisional feeling. It doesn't seem worth starting anything. I can't settle down.

I yawn, I fidget, I smoke too much. Up till this I always had too little time. Now there is nothing but time.

Almost pure time, empty successiveness." is a beautiful and profound description of the human condition. The author explains how even though we know deep in our heart that we should not allow our grief to consume us and that we must move on and start living again, we cannot do it because the pain of having lost someone we love is so great. Everyone has experienced losses in their lives and knows the pain that comes with them, but it is only when we find ourselves experiencing grief that we are truly able to appreciate just how hard it can be to get over the loss of someone who was important to us.

Source: A Grief Observed

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