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Letting Go means…
Posted by Pat on January 14, 2018 in Uncategorized | ∞
Do you find it hard to let go? It’s a lesson I am still learning…
LETTING GO(D) doesn’t mean not caring, it means not taking responsibility for someone else.
LETTING GO(D) doesn’t mean cutting myself off from others, it means realizing that I can’t control others.
LETTING GO(D) doesn’t mean caring for, it means caring about.
LETTING GO(D) does mean:
- to stop assisting others in avoiding the
consequences of their choices; - to stop being protective, and to permit others to face reality,
- to stop being in the middle, arranging, and instead to be on the sidelines, cheering;
- to stop adjusting everything else to me, and to search out and correct my own shortcomings;
- to stop criticizing, changing and regulating others, and to be what I can become;
- to stop fixing, and to be supportive;
- to stop resisting, and to accept;
- to fear less and to love more.
(from What’s Growing On, a newsletter from the National Science of Mind Center in Washington, D.C. from a couple of decades ago!)
Have you experienced
- the pain of NOT letting go?
- the frustration of being unhappy with someone’s choices?
- the difficulty of letting a loved one make a “mistake?”
7 Comments
Thanks Pat, I needed to hear this again!
“They” say that repetition is a great learning tool…
I think I cannot hear this advice enough. It certainly comes at a time when I am having a difficult situation where I live and although I have already been told “Don’t worry about it”, it is hard to just let go. But I am working on it and I appreciate this reinforcement of the message. You say: “Repetition is a great learning tool.” Next to experience, it is probably the best. Merci beaucoup for this post, Pat.
Thank you, Dear One. Timeless and Priceless. And so very bedded at this time…yet again.
Thank you Pat! So needed at this time as I watch a dear friend make some ( in MY opinion) very bad choices. Need to let it be what it is. Great reminder!
Such great advice Pat! Perfect timing!
Such great advice Pat! Perfect timing!