Letting go

I recently realized what may be obvious to others… you cannot be truly free while still holding tight to anything else.

Whether it is a loved one, a job, your online audience, feelings, baggage… while you cling to it/them you will be owned by them.

The more we let go of the more we gain.

Sometimes when you let go of something, new things come into your life.

Other times the mere act of  letting go creates the space for what you let go to come back in a better form. A friendship or relationship ends up improved.  A hobby or work that no longer felt right can be renewed. A goal you kept avoiding is redefined just right.

For me, especially, I find when I let go of my fears and expectations and breathe in all that empty space I can find my own freedom to just be – one day at a time – just be.

 

Let go of the “should” and “shouldn’t” for the “can” and “will”

Let go of the people who bring you down for the ones that make you smile

Let go of the perfect plan for whatever comes

Let go of the guilt trips and nagging  and picking for peace

Let go of the “it’s too hard” for the “I’m doing it”

Let go of the wishes for the wills

Let go of the pressure for the calm

Let go of the denials for the indulgences

Let go of the playing it small for the celebrating your worth

Let go of the need to be right for the need to be kind

Let go of the loudness trying to be heard for the patience and heart to listen

Let go of the searching for being content

Let go of the fighting against the current for the calm of gliding as it carries you along

Let go of the past for forgiveness

Let go of the need to be brilliant for the freedom to simply create and express

Let go of the extreme all or nothing for the moderation and wiggle room

Let go of the beating yourself up for the “I am enough”

Let go of the rule book for finding your own way

 

 

What will you let go of today?

 

Find your simple,

Deb

 

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