could have been or what they failed at doing. They become bitter in spirit or fall into despair. In loss, we often can’t change the situation, but we can allow the situation to change us. We exacerbate our suffering needlessly when we allow one loss to domino into another. That causes gradual destruction of the soul, which is the tragedy called the “second death.” Worse still is the death of the spirit—the death that comes through guilt, regret, bitterness, hatred, immorality, and despair. The first