THINGS TO DO WHEN SOMEONE YOU

KNOW SUFFERS A LOSS

 

 

1.    ACKNOWLEDGE WHAT HAS HAPPENED.

 

2.    LISTEN. LISTEN. LISTEN.

 

3.    RESPOND IN YOUR OWN AUTHENTIC WAY.

 

4.    ACCEPT THE OTHER AS HE OR SHE IS.

 

5.    OFFER TO HELP AND MAKE YOUR OFFERS SPECIFIC.

 

6.    ALLOW THE OTHER HIS OR HER PRIVACY.

 

7.    RELATE TO THE OTHER AS A WHOLE PERSON.

 

8.    TRUST THE OTHER TO LEAD YOU.

 

9.    RADIATE GENUINE HOPE.

 

10. CARRY THE OTHER IN YOUR HEART AND SOUL.

 

11. OPEN YOURSELF TO WHAT THIS EXPERIENCE HOPDS JUST FOR YOU.

12. JOURNEY WITH THE OTHER IN SEARCH FOR MEANING.

 

HOW CAN I HELP?

                                                      By James E. Miller