I struggle with this. I say this after dropping off my daughter and her family in Anchorage so that they could return to Michigan. Like Anakin, who is warned by Yoda about attachments to this world and the need to let go of loved ones, I struggle with the concept of holding onto ethereal convictions rather than loved ones whom I can speak with, tickle, and hug. Somehow, I'm supposed to put the promise of an unseen heaven at a higher priority than my giggling grandchildren ... That is not even easy to say, let alone do.
My compromise is that God placed these slices of heaven here on Earth as a taste of the greater things to come. I have to be ready to embrace these short times with loved ones as they come by. However, I have to be just as ready to let them get on an airplane and fly away.