Computer programmers can imagine this as a form of clearing a program that is jammed so a productive program can be run. No matter how great the program may have been originally, if it is jammed, it's time to clear and move to something that can work. It may be just a slightly different program that can run successfully. This is a paradox of life. Quite often, to get somewhere, we have to let something go.
Paradox is often the key to learning, moving forward and rising to a higher level.
Paradox is a situation where two opposites seem to coexist. It's where we do the opposite of what seems natural. We go back to get forward. We go slower to go faster. Many of the most important moves in life involve paradox in some way.