You cannot be lost because you are here.

The only thing you can lose is a way of thinking about yourself.

• Maybe you lost an illusion.
• Maybe you lost a dream.
• Maybe you lost a treasured self-image.
• Maybe you lost a lie about yourself.

But you didn’t lose you.

The proof?

Who is aware of having lost something?

Remember what you lost?

Maybe you are what is left—the essence.

Jon Frederickson is the author of Co-Creating Change (May 2013), the first-ever guide to intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy that includes both an integrative theory of conflict and a moment-by-moment method of assessment to guide therapist interventions. Available for ordering now.