You are not what you own, and that is an incredibly reassuring fact. Surprising, no? Today, I'm sharing what I hope to be comforting and helpful to you. It has to do with resilience, and dealing with loss, as many of us are. The main thought of today is: You are not what you have, and that's a big reassurance!

Many people miss something, or a lot, of what they had in 'the old days', before you know what hit the globe. Perhaps it's a healthy turnover and good business, big in real life audiences for your keynotes, summer holidays, and that extra social ecosystem which is the office. Or perhaps other things you treasured.

You found out that life isn't just a project that you can create at will, in any shape, at any given time. Perhaps this was one big unpleasant surprise, since most success gurus were telling you to grit it out, and to hustle your way to success, if only you'd follow their surefire method or example. Or perhaps your parents told you that you can accomplish anything you put your mind to, because for them, so much more became possible in the last couple of decades, so much more than their parents had ever experienced. But now, times have changed. The viewpoint of the thought 'I can achieve anything, regardless what's going on in the world' turns out to be heartbreakingly wrong. Our lives turn out to be a lot more vulnerable than we feel comfortable with. And at the very least, some cracks have appeared in the image of malleable happiness. If you have trouble with what you have lost, for the unforeseeable future, you may find comfort in the fact that what you thought you had, or actually did have, does not in fact define your identity. 

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