Some people are apprehensive about the Redemption. What will come of businesses, property possessions, and friendships? The Redemption doesn't imply the annulment of the natural order, nor the loss of the good things that came into being (in the spirit of Torah) during the Exile. Indeed, these very things will be elevated to a state of Redemption, to the level of their true perfection. This is hinted at in the fact that the Hebrew word for exile (gola) plus alef form geula--redemption. The positive aspects of the exile will not be annulled; rather, the alef within them will be revealed--an allusion to Alufo shel Olam, the Master of the World.
(The Lubavitcher Rebbe)