11/17/2025
Sharing an essay by Maria Popova in The Marginalian. It’s based on the iconic book written by Judith Viorst back in 1988. For me, its meaning has only deepened with the passage of time. The book's full title is ‘Necessary Losses: The Loves, Illusions, Dependencies, and Impossible Expectations That All of Us Have to Give Up in Order to Grow.’ https://www.themarginalian.org/2023/11/21/necessary-losses/
“We cannot deeply love anything without becoming vulnerable to loss. And we cannot become separate people, responsible people, connected people, reflective people without some losing and leav…