To "let go"

To “let go” does not 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 I can’t control another.

To “let go” is not to enable, but to allow learning from natural consequences.
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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 is 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 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 love more....

 

(Taken by a post by the facebook page- Live Laugh Love.)


I think that a lot of us know all of these things, but putting them into practice is the challenging part.  When you are attached to something, or someone, "letting go" isn't always easy.  Our minds can easily become fixated on a situation or an outcome.  We become emotionally attached and even when we know the attachments we have aren't rational- our emotions sometimes overcome that reality. 

We only have so much control of our decisions and our life.  We make the choices we want and live the life that we want to live; but let's face it, there are so many independant variables outside of ourselves.  Other people, outside circumstances sometimes "get in the way" of what we wished or wanted to happen.  We only get so much choice of our destiny.  Trying to have the control that is outside of you makes your life miserable.  Like beating your head against a wall.  We all do it, but it sure doesn't make things easy.  Once we can accept that the universe does some of our work for us- whether it's what we "wanted" or not, the more we can let life flow.  The universe will provide signs for you and if you are receptive enough, you will see them.  Usually, there is a larger picture than the one you are seeing.  Trust that and more good will come to you than you had originally imagined for yourself.