Ludwig Wittgenstein nailed it
“The limits of my language set the limits of my understanding.”
People think that swearing isn’t polite, especially in public. Some of us can’t even swear at home without feeling guilty. People also think that talking about grief isn’t polite, so those who are grieving have to limit their emotions to what is nice.
But
death isn’t nice, and when someone we love dies, trying to stuff our grief into
the Polite Language Box doesn't work. Grief’s emotions are too big.
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