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 out 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’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 regret the past,
but to
grown and live for the future.
To "Let
go" is to fear less and love more.