It always seems as if -- whenever an important relationship of ours (whatever it may be) is threatened or actually taken away from us -- that what we're struggling to let go of is that person or that possession now missing from our lives. But letting go is an inside affair, having virtually nothing to do with the conditions outside of us that we believe -- somehow -- continue to have a hold over us.

What must be seen and worked through is the understanding that what we are clinging to in these moments is a false, temporary sense of self that was derived through the relationship now seemingly in ruins. That means that what we must let go of is this part of our nature that believes -- that only feels it is real (loved, cared for, etc.) -- for as long as the conditions outside of itself allow. You should be able to see from this... that such a mindset creates an unseen dependency, and with that dependency come the fears and despair that always attend one losing who or what they have depended upon.

Consider these thoughts. Continue with your studies. Do not believe for a moment that who and what you are depends upon anything or anyone outside of yourself... for it does not. When you know this -- from yourself --your relationships with others will serve only as food for revelation... instead of the feeling you have from them now... which is that your sense of worth depends upon them.