The Fear of Letting Go

We spend much of our lives grasping and clinging, fooling ourselves that we can posses and hold on to people, things and experiences. When we do not consciously acknowledge the impermanence of everything which we interact with, we create future suffering for ourselves. Inevitably, the fluctuation of change disrupts our illusion of ownership and permanence when the person, thing or experience is lost. Because the fear of letting go runs so deep, it requires daily acknowledgment and practice to pry ourselves from its grip.