Amid the Sorrow

Sorrow seems to last
forever, but it does not.  It is a
process.  What is a process, but a series
of steps one experiences to reach a goal. 
In the case of sorrow, what could possibly be the goal?  Growth, understanding, surrender, greater
love … all of these are outcomes of having loved and supposedly lost it, or
having experienced some event which lacked love.

You have a positive experience
and wish to remain in that state.  When the
state changes, sorrow is the result.  To get
back to the original state, you go through the process, but lo, the end result
is an expanded state in which you are stronger. 
You have learned things about yourself. 
You have made new connections.  You
have survived.  You are still here.  And in this expanded state come new
opportunities for love.  They may differ
from your past experiences, and there is a reason for this:  the soul has grown.  There was a reason for your sorrow.