4 essays on letting go from the Consilium journal. Featuring Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, John Bowlby, Anton Chekhov. Each pits three thinkers against one hard question.
Three thinkers disagree about grieving a living person. Kubler-Ross says name the loss. Bowlby says trace the bond. Chekhov says look at what your days contain.
Three thinkers disagree about when to let go. Lao Tzu says stop forcing it. Boethius says name what cannot be taken. Rollo May says the anxiety is the cost of freedom.
Three thinkers disagree about letting go. Joan Didion says you cannot force it. Marcus Aurelius says it was always on loan. Kahlil Gibran says you never owned it.
Three thinkers disagree about when to leave. Esther Perel asks what died. Rumi says you already know. Simone de Beauvoir says stop pretending you have no choice.
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