Let Go

What does it mean to Let Go? We hear this phrase often enough, but do we actually know what it translates to in our daily lives? Let me begin by saying that letting go does not come easy for many of us. In fact, it is hard to do. It requires effort and willingness to push forward in spite of our fears of the what ifs.

Consider the possibility that the struggle you are living with and the pain in your heart may be the direct result and consequence of not letting go. Perhaps it's a behavior, a person, a belief that you are clinging to. If so, you must know that holding on to hurts whether present or old serves to keep you stuck. What is the alternative? To let go. This is always an option. Remember, there is always another way. When you are willing to look at your life circumstances from a different point of view, then letting go becomes a real possibility.

Pain does not disappear on its own. You need to take some action. Whatever it is that you want to let go of, you must face it, not run away from it. Ultimately, it's what we think and what we do that will either hold us in a painful place or free us.

To let go is to allow for change. It is about being more realistic and accepting what is. It is a choice. It is a practice, moment by moment, day by day with slips and slides along the way. It is something you actually do. Why do it? To feel less pain.

Here is a recovery poem that gives meaning to the words, Let Go.

Letting Go

To Let Go doesn't mean to stop caring, it means I can't do it for someone else.
To Let Go is not to cut myself off; it's the realization that I can't control another.
To Let Go is not to enable, but to allow learning from natural consequences.
To Let Go is to admit powerlessness, which means the outcome is not in my hands.
To Let Go is not to try to change or blame another; it's to make the most of myself.
To Let Go is not to care for, but to care about.
To Let Go is not to fix, but to be supportive.
To Let Go is not to judge, but to allow another to be a human being.
To Let Go is not to be in the middle arranging all the outcomes, but to allow others to affect their own destinies.
To Let Go is not to be protective; it is to permit another to face reality.
To Let Go is not to deny, but to accept.
To Let Go is not to nag, scold, or argue, but instead to search out my own shortcomings and correct them.
To Let Go is not to adjust everything to my desires, but to take each day as it comes, and to cherish myself in it.
To Let Go is not to regret the past, but to grow and live for the future.
To Let Go is to fear less and to love more.

- Author Unknown


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