Question -
In the development of The Medicine of Selves, I found myself again reaching a conclusion of sorts. Each time that I reach the final chapter of a book, I find myself feeling a little sad over the prospect of not having any more to do in it. In a sense, it seems and feels like a death of sorts to me, and I cannot escape the feeling of an impending loss. Therefore I always seem somewhat empty because of it. Clearly there is exhilaration that is associated with the reaching of a milestone or the completion of some task. Yet most times any of that is vastly overshadowed by this other feeling of loss, at least that is the way of it for me.
So the question for This Week is
Why is it that we feel sad in an attainment of, or at the end of
something?
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