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How do You React to a Loss?
No matter who you are or what you do, you will experience loss. But what comes next?
How do You React to a Loss?
Do you see it as misfortune or an opportunity?
We all experience loss. This is an unavoidable part of human nature. No matter who you are or what you do, there will be losses.
These can be material, immaterial, or both. Losses can include loved ones, jobs, promotions, experiences, and almost anything else that you can in some way have. They might be big or small, and each will have a different emotional attachment to it.
This is a big part of how we react to loss. What emotion do we attach to that which we have lost? Each emotion will impact how intensely the loss will be felt.
Every single loss we experience comes with a choice. That choice? How do we see the loss? How do we react to it? Each of us gets to choose this, and there is nobody else who can choose it for you.
It’s also important to realize that there is no right or wrong way to react to a loss. This is a very personal matter, so the how and the emotion attached are going to be completely and totally individual. As we each feel the things we feel differently, we each experience them in a completely unique way.
