During times of great change we all learn to let go.

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To let go of our expectations.

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To let go of the old ways.

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And to let go of that which no longer serves.

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Yet even though we have to let go of many things, we have not really learned how to let go.

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Or how to grieve the loss.

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Especially when it comes to people.

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Those are the hardest losses of all to accept.

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Sometimes there are subtle losses that we don't even realize we are grieving.

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Life the loos of a career or a business.

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Or the loss of an office or the loss of a home.

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Whenever things change for us, we could feel a loss.

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For the mere fact that things are now different means we had to let go of something.

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Even if it was our own choice, it can still feel like a loss.

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Such as when we decide to move out of a home we lived in for years.

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We may be moving to a better, newer home, yet we can still feel nostalgic about the old one.

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Many people today have changed their business from an in-person one to a virtual one.

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So now they let go of an office they no longer need.

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That lack of physical space can feel like a loss.

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Even Something as little as a TV show we always watch being canceled can feel like a loss.

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So what do we do with all of these losses, big and small?

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How do we cope when things seem to be changing by the day?

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The buddhist principle of non-attachment is a great way for those who have practiced it over the years.

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For those of us who have not, perhaps learning to acknowledge that we actually are feeling a loss is the first step.

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Instead of ignoring our feelings and stuffing them down, perhaps we should be present to them and give them space.

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To recognize that we do feel sad that something that was in our lives before is now gone.

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And then, after we've fully felt what we are feeling, we can look to the future for something new.

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To see what life will bring us to fill the space that the loss has left for us.

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For there is always something new on the horizon.

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There is always another person or place coming into our lives.

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For life is not static.

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It is growing and flowering and the cycles keep turning.

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So let's keep our eyes on what is coming next while we grieve what we lost today.

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Is there some loss in your life that you have yet to grieve?

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Have you considered looking at what that space of loss can bring you anew?

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~ Sam Liebowitz, The Conscious Consultant

Host of The Conscious Consultant Hour