" Journeying through grief is one of the most " normal human" experiences you can have. Nevertheless, all too frequently the heartbroken seem to feel alienated by society. Unfortunately in our culture, we are taught to hold our feelings in. If someone asks us, " How are you doing today?" the expected answer is, " I'm okay." But what if you aren't okay? You obviously don't want to go into a monologue of why you're not okay, but sometimes you feel as if you're going to explode if you can't " tell off" that well-meaning person for even daring to ask you such a thing in the first place! "