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 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 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 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 criticize or regulate anybody,
but to try to become what I dream I can be.
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.
Remember: The time to love is short.
- Author Unknown
Many times Death has forced me to let go of somebody I love; and it is never easy.
But Life has also forced me many times to learn to let go of the people I care about; and that is even harder.
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Letting go is so hard! But you certainly put it into perspective. Your timing was again wonderful. I recently had to "let go" of something I had hoped would "be" or at least grow into something. Hurt..yes
Personal growth a bigger "yes". Will I survive it? ....you betcha!
Reminds me of a quote from Joseph Campbell: "We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the life that is waiting for us."
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