Sometimes, you have to almost lose something before you really appreciate what you have.

Its not until you lose everything that you can truly apreciate everything

The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.

The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost.

Almost everything...all external expectations...all pride...all fear of embarrassment or failure...these things just fall away in the face of death....leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking that you have something to lose. You are already naked...there is no reason not to follow your heart.

Remind yourself that what you love is mortal … at the very moment you are taking joy in something, present yourself with the opposite impressions. What harm is it, just when you are kissing your little child, to say: Tomorrow you will die, or to your friend similarly: Tomorrow one of us will go away, and we shall not see one another any more?

Almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure — these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose.

Why love what you will lose?
There is nothing else to love.

Every one of us is losing something precious to us. Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back again. That’s part of what it means to be alive.

research shows that imagining the absence of a positive event in your life has a more powerful effect on you than simply looking back on that positive event. Likewise, imagining the absence of an important person in your life can be more powerful than simply appreciating the fact that they are in your life. One study found that mentally subtracting a material possession you’ve previously enjoyed increases your happiness with that item more than simply thinking back on when you purchased

The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost. — G. K. CHESTERTON T

Imagine them at the moment of their deaths, and then treat them that way now.

When you miss what you love the most, you start to value other things much more.

Remembering you’re going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you’ve something to lose