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8:44 AM | Monday, March 3, 2008
On Loss

Last night, texts were going around talking about how an IEP student had gone missing and the last message received from her read, "help me help me". Apparently, there were policemen outside ua&p until around eleven and everybody close to her was relentless in the search.

Removed of the story's factual accuracy and how the fiasco came to a conclusion, there is one thing that I have learned from this whole thing.

The fear of loss affects us so profoundly. More than we care to give attention to.

I didn't know this person personally, but I was afraid for her.

Given that, how much more in the case of her parents? Her friends?

My point? If you truly care about somebody, fear of loss is absolutely natural and should not be fought. If there was no fear for the loss of that eco student, where would she be now? Who knows.

Either way, the fear isn't necessarily a bad thing.

It is because of this fear that we don't let go.