"Hold On to Your Love" is Stevie Wonder reaching back to catch someone who is slipping. The song tells a listener who feels like letting go to hold on anyway. Not because the situation will change, but because love itself is worth preserving regardless of outcome. Stevie wrote it as a message to anyone at the edge of giving up. The instruction is simple. The execution is the hardest thing a person can do. Hold on. Even when holding on hurts more than letting go would.