"Nobody likes letting go. From our earliest moments, from birth till we're six feet under, our instinct is to grab, grip, cling. To a finger, a bottle, a best friend... Sometimes we hold on for dear life to the very things that keep us from actually living it. But that comes with an upside—It's the way we feel when we finally let go.
The trick, I guess, is to not find a way around the curve balls life serves up, but to live with them. In halfway happy, uneasy alliance. And to search for new things to cling to, and when we finally find them, to hang on just as tight.
And around and around we go, holding on until the time comes to say goodbye.
And like it or not, ready or not, we have to accept one universal truth: Life is messy. Always, and for all of us.
But a wise man once said, 'Maybe messy is what you need.' And I think he might be right."