Let’s explore the aspect of grieving in our society.
With COVID, funerals are now restricted. So much so that larger in-person funerals (in our section of the world) have been blamed for causing COVID infections. We try to include live stream video – that’s helpful but not as intimate as we may desire.
The societal need for intimacy has eroded over the last decades. This phenomenon is pushed forward by a lack of intertwined relationships. Then COVID arrives (including the global communication and hype).
Now we have a valid excuse. We do not need to pretend to have relationship with those who die or are disabled or are otherwise on the outer edges of our existence.
We no longer need to grieve – to explore the relationship or to openly miss the person. We go on in our life as if nothing has happened.
And we notice something is missing. Manifested in mental health issues, and physical discomfort, and in spiritual longing.
When grieving dies, so do we.