Overcome our fear of loss

Let go of what you fear to lose

We own nothing.  We’re caretakers.  Caretakers of time, opportunity, friends, family, possessions and more.   Our grip on all of these is temporary and tenuous. Holding on to them tightly, fearing their loss, is like trying to hold water in the palm of our hand.

Wealth is created, and lost, and created again.  Friends and family come and go and return again – they stay, then move away; they pass away over time. Possessions decay, or are stolen, or destroyed by calamity.  The seasons of life are a cycle of growth and a process of decay, loss and rebirth.

To have a good and meaningful life, we need to overcome our fear of loss, our desire to control, our insatiable appetite to accumulate and possess.  We need to create bigger meaning for our lives, and let go of what we fear to lose.