For her own sake.

I have a friend grieving over the death of her true love. And I'm encouraging her to get over it. To stop grieving. To get on with the rest of her life. I wonder if that makes me cruel. Unsympathetic. I'd like to think not. Instead, I'm of a mind that I'm doing what a friend should do. Another associate tells me that I shouldn't interfere. That grieving is an individual thing. That some people choose to grieve for a very long time. Maybe even forever. And I say that's stupid. Ill-advised. That it ain't healthy. Mentally. Physically. Emotionally. And that as a friend, I should try to persuade her to end the grieving. For her own sake. --Jim Broede