Letting 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.
  • 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 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’s to permit another to face reality.
  • To “let go” is not to deny, but to accept.
  • 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…”

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