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Chapter XVIStep 7 Keep Grief Working

It is a fact. The process of self-organization proceeds with what, in other situations, is called collateral damage. As things naturally move along, the forces of chaos, confusion, and conflict do their essential work, and some inescapable level of destruction occurs. Chaos rattles the old order, giving new opportunities a chance to emerge. Confusion muddles made-up minds, putting dead certainty at risk, so that fresh ideas may make their appearance. And conflict knocks off some rough edges as it sharpens our ideas and hones our levels of performance. All good, all useful, and all attendant with some degree of pain——which at times can be excruciatingly severe.

Fortunately for us there is the Griefwork ...

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