The best way to deal with loss is not by losing our temper, but by losing our attachments. Whenever we lose something, especially something that we have held on to as dear to us, it’s natural that we feel disrupted. However, if we lose our temper at that time, we will simply make things worse. A far healthier response is that instead of losing our temper, we strive to lose our attachment. That doesn’t mean we become uncaring or hard-hearted, but that we try to go deeper to evaluate why that particular thing mattered to us so much and then see how the underlying need can be fulfilled in some other way. Thereby, when we let go of the attachment, we can respond to loss in a more healthy and constructive way.

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16.02: Nonviolence; truthfulness; freedom from anger; renunciation; tranquillity; aversion to faultfinding; compassion for all living entities; freedom from covetousness; gentleness; modesty; steady determination; … – these transcendental qualities belong to godly men endowed with divine nature.