I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God’s hands, that I still possess.

Everything you grip tightly eventually leaves your hands. What you hand over freely, to someone else or to something larger than your own keeping, has a strange way of staying with you. Not because possession works differently, but because giving turns a thing into something that no longer depends on your holding it.

Think of one thing you are clutching: a plan, a grievance, a person’s good opinion. Loosen your hold on it by a little this week and see what remains. You may find the part worth keeping was never the part your hands were closed around.