Grief teaches us what we actually valued, what actually mattered, with a clarity that ordinary life rarely provides. The depth and character of a grief reveal the depth and character of the love — and attending to what grief reveals about love can be one of the most direct paths to understanding what one's own life is actually for. This domain examines the knowledge grief confers — not as consolation but as real information about what it means to love and be loved.
Each step builds on the last.