There is a big difference between giving something away and having something taken from you. When you give something away, you are in control. You are willing. You know what you are doing. You are aware that you won't ever have it back. You expect it. You know it will happen. You haven't lost anything. When something is taken from you, you search for it. You fight for it. You will do anything to get it back. This is mainly because you weren't ready. You weren't expecting it. You weren't willing to let it go. You were blindsided. You had it in your grasp one day, and the next it just wasn't there. You don't have any control. So you strive to get it back. Yet, there always comes a day when you just accept that it was taken. There comes a time that you give up; that you finally, willingly let it go.