Some things in life are harder to maintain than to attain. Wonder is in that category. To change the nuance, many of us are familiar with the conclusion drawn by Jim Elliot:“He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose.”1In the end, life is like a balance sheet of gains and losses. The real battle lies in knowing what we can afford to lose and what we must uncompromisingly hold on to.
