Letting go: spiritual cost explained

Holding on often means clinging to the meaning you attached to an event, not the event itself.

A painful experience can become part of your identity, shaping beliefs about worth or capability.

Carrying old emotional wounds allows past experiences to influence present decisions and relationships.

Letting go means changing your relationship with past experiences, not pretending they never happened.

Spiritual growth involves releasing identities formed through pain and asking who you can become now.