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What does it mean?
Loss teaches us the value of things.
In plain terms
We only appreciate things after we lose them.
What can you take from it?
Recognize value before it disappears.

Where it applies

  • grief counseling
  • consumer habits

Putting it to work

  • express gratitude early
  • avoid taking things for granted

Questions to consider

  • Why do we often overlook value until loss occurs?
  • How can we cultivate appreciation proactively?

Another view

Some values are known without loss.

More from Arthur Schopenhauer

  1. Zu unserer Besserung bedurfen wir eines Spiegels.

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  2. Je weniger einer, in Folge objektiver oder subjektiver Bedingungen, notig hat, mit den Menschen in Beruhrung zu kommen, desto besser ist er daran.

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  3. Alles, alles kann einer vergessen, nur nicht sich selbst, sein eigenes Wesen.

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