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If you believe yourself unfortunate, because you have loved and lost, perish the thought. One who has loved truly, can never lose entirely.

—Napoleon Hill, American author

Losing a loved one is not easy. I know—I have had many losses in my life. The one that made the most impact on my life was my wife’s death when she was thirty-four. In addition, my mother, my father, my four grandparents, my sister-in-law, several cousins, and both my mother-in-law and father-in-law have died, as well as over forty friends and colleagues who are no longer here because of AIDS or cancer.

I don’t think we ever forget the people we lose. So in some sense, they are never gone. But, still, it hurts not to be able to see them, hear them, or hold them again.

Loss hurts. But it can also help us be stronger, wiser, and, if nothing else, more appreciative of every moment we have on this earth.