"Loss"

The loss

“Loss”, is a highly underrated and demeaned word. Apart from a handful of people all of them have associated loss with something that is awful; something that, according to them, is utterly pointless. Be it the loss of opportunities or possibilities or the loss of one’s own part (both literal as well as metaphorical) or the loss of some near and dear one, the point of view remains the same. While some explain loss as an outcome of past sins, a few, on a more logical note, consider it as an inevitable part of our lives and thus they tend to surpass it as something which is bound to happen.
Well, I beg to differ from either of them. I do believe that loss is inevitable but also that each loss has a deeper meaning of its own. [reality check] this is the most harsh reality of our life. A reality which helps to frame our daily life as it stands today. We’re continuously at a phase of losing, right from the moment we’re born. We lose our friends, our family, our health, wealth, any possession we acquire or wish to acquire during our time. God damn it!! We lose millions of cells by the passing minute.
I guess, the motive of loss is to remind us, time and again, that nothing is absolute. I like to think that Loss, has a lingering effect on our mind and body, although it never lasts a lifetime, even though some films might claim otherwise. Loss trains us how to live despite having misplaced, what we once thought to be, our most valuable possession. The scars that we get, fighting the battle which we’re destined to lose remain in our custody forever. It helps us build a stronger self, as a very wise man once stated, and I quote
“Our scars have the power to remind us that the past was real.”
And those scars, a living testament to our struggle, our loss, our sorrows, our anguish, showcase the strength of each one of us’ mettle. For, we know that we’ll never break again for the same reason, we’ll thrive as we’ve survived the fire which tests our vigor and will to surpass all odds.
And thus, losses are more important than gains, as the joy of a gain is easily forgotten but not the anguish of a loss. For every lost opportunity brings with it the hope a triumph. For, the night is the darkest just before dawn. For one needs to toil hard everyday to enjoy the fruits of his labor one day.