Grief is a cacophony of unpleasant emotions: pain, regret, guilt, remorse, fear, anxiety, all waxing and waning at will. But beneath them all, all the time, is the melancholy oboe that is sadness.

Are you living right now? Your answer may be, “Of course I’m alive in this moment – what a silly question”. But if you pause and ask yourself that question with an emphasis on are you living right ...