The Welcome to the happiness podcast. I'm Dr. Robert Puff. One of the things I love about the

happiness podcast is hearing from the listeners.

They really are helpful for me to know in which direction we need help in order to make our lives work well.

Just yesterday, I received a really good email, a great question from one of our listeners,

and I want to read it because I think it will be a question that many of us may have. It reads,

Dr. Puff, I've been listening to your podcast about happiness. I am trying

to focus on living life as if it were my last day. But I felt sad thinking like that, especially

with my daughter. She lives with me part time, and when I take her back to her dad's place,

I feel so sad, Even though I'm loving her like it is my last time seeing her, it is so

hard to not be sad thinking like it could be my last time. Is there something I can do to become happier

with only having her half time and living life as if it is my last day and still be happy not depressed thinking that I may never see her again.

Thank you.

Loss or the potential loss.

I think this is the crux of what this email is about and what our lives are about.

We suffer because of loss or potential loss.

And loss. Loss is something we are all going to face someday, perhaps right now. How do we deal with the threat of loss and still find happiness. Where this can get exceptionally hard for us as

listeners to the happiness podcast is that we've learned that life is impermanent,

life changes and if we're going to learn to be happy right here right now

we need to be okay with change and one of the best ways to adapt to change, to live well with change is to

live as if today we're the last day of our lives, whether it's our life or the people that we love.

Because what happens is when we live as if this were our last day,

even though we still prepare for the future,

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