Pilgrim on Life's Road: Guidance for the Traveller: A Continuing Journey Book

The resolution of a grief is not a single event, but a journey. When grief began, mental, emotional, and even physical processes became impaired. The journey returns us not to what we were, for grief leaves an indelible mark, but to a place growth can take place.

This book is the last of three by Jan Kolb that have dealt with grief, following In Corridors of Eternal Time: A Passage Through Grief and Solace of Solitude: Afterlife Visits. A Pilgrim on Life's Road completes the author's wanderings and travels to the place where grief has achieved a new dimension and now contains elements of resolution. In resolving the many faces of grief we find that new avenues of experience have developed new levels of understanding.

This book describes some of the rest-stops that are helpful in achieving this resolution. The author compares these rests to beads on a Rosary. These become the meditational areas of consideration as we travel this road toward quieting grief. They include discussions and reflections on Devotion, Forgiveness, Imagination, Transformation, Hope, Gentleness, Wonder, Beauty, and Compassion. It also includes a discussion on the final experience of Death.

Like many of life's experiences, grief will not be eliminated or forgotten, but by travelling through the experience in a controlled and meditational way, it can actually become an enhancer rather than a destroyer. The road here presented is well marked, with directional road signs, rest areas, and companionships to help the traveller achieve release from the bonds caused by grief.