Nice..words to live by.

amit, it is difficult changing your life. And I am so sorry you are going through it alone. Friends and family want to understand the pain and exhaustion, but they can only sympathize - they can't empathize. Probably the hardest part is giving up the future you had planned for yourself. It was for me.

A book that really helped me is: "How to Survive the Loss of a Love", by Peter McWilliams, Harold Bloomfield and Melba Cosgrove.

It is not just about relationship love, it deals the loss of anything you love - job, friend, pet and even Health. It guides you through grief, and teaches that grief is not only ok, but necessary.

The best part is that it isn't written in long narratives, it combines narrative with prose and poetry. You will laugh and you will cry. And even if you aren't an avid reader, you will find the prose and poetry easy and meaningful reading.

Here is one of my favorite passages: