Finding value in loss
It is true, that we appreciate
something more after we lose it than when we had it in hand. I can think of
countless examples in my own life, as I am sure you can too. There is no denying
that losing somehow awakens new insights and thoughts in us. Looking back we
find an appreciation, even a longing for that which was. This is true even
if while we possessed it, we grumbled at our possession.
I don't know why this is, that
loss makes us appreciate more. But applying that fact to life, perhaps we can
find something good from suffering and trials. For what is suffering and trials
but a removal of some of our peace and tranquility, a loss of what was? Perhaps
(and I say perhaps) some of our suffering allows us to develop a different view
of life, a view that includes greater insights. Perhaps we endure so that we
can become more transformed.
It's just a thought, hoping to
bring something good to the pain we endure in life. For it is true that if we
can understand something better, if we can find that little bit of good that
can come out of sorrow, it lessens the pain somewhat It gives it a value.
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