78-Day Meditation Challenge: Day 63

What Remains After Loss

Card of the Day: Five of Cups

Loss. Grief.

A figure stands, downcast, looking sorrowfully at three spilled cups.

This card speaks to the pain of loss. The feeling of emptiness. The sense of defeat—how can I move past this moment?

Will I recover? Will I ever regain what I have lost? What could I have done differently? Could I have prevented this?

These feelings are real. I acknowledge them. I give myself grace.

And the card invites us, when we are ready, to see that even in darkness there is light.

It asks us—especially when we are experiencing loss—to slowly, gently, pull back. To ask ourselves with tenderness: Is all lost? Could the pain of this moment be making it hard to see what I still have? That there is a road forward when I am ready?

Behind the figure, focused on what has spilled, are two cups still upright. A symbol of the agency, the ability, the experience, the compassion, the love, the grace, the power that remain—untouched by this loss.

There is power in you that cannot be taken away. The power to reframe. The power to pivot. The power to accept defeat with dignity. The power to try again. The power to continue, even with pain.

Yes—this card invites us, when we are ready, to make something meaningful from what is left.

And though it might not feel possible yet, what is left will be enough. Nothing is ever wasted.

How can I apply this today?

• I will acknowledge my feelings without judgment.

• I will honor the space I need before moving forward.

• I will look gently for what remains, without diminishing my grief.

• I will remember that what is left can still be the beginning of something worthwhile.

I welcome all parts of myself—known and unknown, shining and shadowed.

I honor my past for what it has taught me.

I trust my intuition to lead me.

I release what no longer serves me.

I walk forward with steadiness, guided by the light within me.

Be well, be present, be at peace.