For Those Who Have Suffered Some Loss in Life

May you never lose the light of hope

“It has been said that life has treated me harshly; and sometimes I have complained in my heart because many pleasures of human experience have been withheld from me… if much has been denied me, much, very much, has been given me…” — Helen Keller

We all suffer some kind of loss somehow. No person ever goes through life unscathed.

Some suffer the loss of a job. Some suffer the loss of health. Some suffer the loss of a dream. Some suffer the loss of relationships. Some suffer the loss of the people they love the most.

It’s in the nature of this life to suffer loss. Clouds may form on high but they soon fall down as rain. The moon shines, but it soon gives way for the sun to rise. Even a seed loses itself and gets buried deep into the ground before it could grow into a sturdy tree. We are not the only ones who suffer some kind of loss.

But what do we do whenever we feel the pain of our loss? Do we go about our lives always looking back at the good old days? Do we lose our gratitude for all the blessings we still receive from day to day?

We may have lost much, but we should also consider the things we can still gain. For though it is the way of this life for men to suffer loss, it is also brimming with possibilities for each new day.

Take heart and believe in hope. Your future may bring you another dream, another blessing, or another friend who can make your days worthwhile.

Not that anything else can replace what we have lost. Not that we could ever fill the emptiness those special people have left in our hearts. But in time, our hearts can be healed and we can hope again.

In time, we can begin to understand God’s great design where things are lost but for a moment, to give way for the kind of happiness that can never be taken away from us.

Our sorrows our temporary, our true joy is eternal.

“Therefore we don’t faint, but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory; while we don’t look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.” — 2 Corinthians 4:16–18, WEB-BE

You may want to see Jocelyn Soriano’s book for those who grieve the loss of a loved one: “Of Waves and Butterflies: Poems on Grief”.

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You may also want to read “The Role of One’s Catholic Faith in Grief and Healing”.