How do I live a meaningful life while carrying unresolved grief?

Here's what Mirabai did: she didn't resolve her grief for Krishna. She lived inside it. She wrote poetry, she loved, she moved through the world—and all of it was shot through with longing and devotion. That's not morbid. That's honest. Many of us wait to feel "better" before we fully engage with our lives again. We think healing means the grief goes away, and *then* we can live. But that's not how it works. You live while grieving. You build meaning alongside loss. Unresolved grief doesn't mean stuck grief. It means the person, the relationship, the loss—they're still alive in you. And that can actually deepen your life if you let it. You become more aware of fragility, more grateful for presence, clearer about what genuinely matters. You make different choices. The examined heart—which is what Mirabai cultivated—isn't a heart that's healed into numbness. It's a heart that stays awake to its own complexity. Sadness and joy, loss and gratitude, can coexist. You don't have to choose between mourning and living fully. Start small: do one thing today that the person you're grieving would have wanted for you. Not to honor them—to honor yourself. That's where meaningful living begins, even in grief.