- You have the right to take whatever path you take through your grief without judgment.
- You have the right to ignore or incorporate any or all the MOUNTAINS of advice you will get.
- You have the right to say: “No thank you.”
- You have the right to grieve for whatever you have lost, including things you never had but ache for, like phantom limb pain.
- You have the right to your own definition of grief. For someone else it may be journey, a blessing, a teachable moment, a test, a process, or a choice. It doesn’t have to be any of those things for you. It can simply be where you are at the time.
- You have the right not to be grateful, inspired or inspiring.
- You have have the right to “just be.”
Adapted from original: Author Unknown