In my life I have had many opportunities for letting go. There has been divorce, mental illness, loss of a job, loss of a child, suicide attempts, abuse…unfortunately the list has a few more entries. These situations didn’t all happen to me but they were around me and therefor had a great affect on my health, both mentally and physically. I learned through all of this that not everything in my life was controllable and the more I learned to let go the healthier I could keep myself. Believe me: It was not easy.
The idea of letting go is not used as a catch phrase for everything difficult. It is a necessary element in our moving from survivor to thriver. In our needs and wants in life we have a tendency to see things our way, with our perspective and prejudices. We don’t always see things truthfully, especially when we want to preserve a way of life or an ideal that we have about ourselves or someone else. The resistance to truth often causes great strife and a potential for disaster. We hold onto something or someone because we are truly afraid for ourselves. We set up patterns and continually live by those patterns of thought and desire and experience. When it is time to let go we freeze and perpetuate the old stories trying to stay hooked into what we want or what we have great fear about loosing. So often what we try to hold onto is already gone and out of our reach.
In order for us to truly let go of someone or something, an ideal or a wish which holds nothing for our highest good, we must be honest. We must give ourselves permission to evaluate the circumstance and any agenda we might be perpetuating which is no longer valid, necessary or healthy. Being truly honest with ourselves is tricky but it is the lighted side of awakening.
My dear friends, let us walk together today as we provide ourselves with the opportunity to self-examine all that is no longer necessary in our living. Let us have the honesty in the moment to place THAT WHICH NO LONGER IS TRUE into the light. Honoring, as we release, whatever the person or circumstance or idea which has held us back from our inner peace and balance. Let us practice and realize the art of Letting Go.
I love you…Please forgive me…I am sorry…Thank you!