Can I grieve and still feel moments of joy or be productive?

This might be the most important question. Mirabai teaches us something counterintuitive: grief and love and joy don't take turns. They live together. She composed music while her heart was breaking. She danced while the world misunderstood her. The examined heart doesn't sort emotions into neat categories. You can grieve and laugh at lunch. You can be devastated and deliver solid work. You can feel lighter on Tuesday and heavier on Wednesday. This isn't inconsistency—it's being human. Grief isn't a linear process where you move through stages to "resolution." It's a texture that becomes part of your life. Productivity during grief looks different. You might not produce more, but you might produce differently—with more clarity about what matters, less patience for busywork, deeper work on things that resonate. That's not lesser. It's informed. The freedom Mirabai found came from stopping the internal argument about how you're supposed to feel. Give yourself permission to be all of it at once: grieving and functional, sad and capable, broken and still showing up. That's not fake recovery. That's real life. Your productivity will find its own rhythm. Trust it.