Everything you lose is not a loss

Sometimes, it’s difficult to recognize the light when it hits you.

We’ve all faced difficult times, and since last year, many more of them. And we’ve lost the carefree-ness in doing the simplest things, like hugs or family dinners, if we’re doing them at all.

The loss of the comfortable and familiar can be a lot to take. It can feel downright cruel to have them ripped away. There’s a double edge to this cruelty; there is the loss itself, followed by emptiness and grief for the way things used to be.

It’s uncomfortable to face this reality, along with the uncertainty of not knowing for how long.

But like any challenge, the only way is through. You must move through and past the darkness. And when you do, you become aware of what’s left behind.

I hope you will then see that not everything you lose is a loss.

It may be uncomfortable to accept that you had outgrown some of the familiar things, and didn’t really need them anymore.

It may be uncomfortable to accept the joy in letting go of the things you used to do. Had to do.

You may chafe at the small choices you had inadvertently trapped yourself within, and face bigger possibilities instead.

You might realize how much more potential you actually have, not what it used to be. This may terrify you, or excite you.

Sometimes, it’s difficult to see the light when it hits you.

Take a breath, open your eyes wider, and take a deeper look.

Everything you lose is not a loss.