Food And Nutrition For Inner Growth 81(letting go)

LETTING GO

1. To “let go” does not mean to stop caring. It means I can’t do it for someone else.
2. To “let go” is not to cut myself off. It's the realization that I can't control another.
3. To “let go” is to admit powerlessness, which means the outcome is not in my hands.
4. To “let go” is not to try to change or blame another. It's to make the most of myself.
5. To “let go” is not to care for, but to care about.
6. To “let go” is not to fix, but to be supportive.
7. To “let go” is not to judge, but to allow another to be a human being.
8. To “let go” is not to be in the middle, arranging all the outcomes, but to allow others to affect their own destinies.
9. To “let go” is not to be protective; it’s to permit another to face reality.
10. To “let go” is not to deny, but to accept.
11. To “let go” is not to nag, scold, or argue, but instead to search out my own shortcomings and correct them.
12. To “let go” is not to adjust everything to my desires, but to take each day as it comes and cherish myself in it.
13. To “let go” is not to regret the past, but to grow and live for the future.
14. To “let go” is to fear less and to love more. -- Author Unknown

15. Letting go is one of the most difficult challenges human beings ever face. I've always pictured letting go as transformation - moving from a closed fist to an open hand. As we take an open-handed attitude toward life, we can be free of the self-made obstructions that litter our path. This process requires a willingness to shed our ego-those inauthentic trappings we hold onto for identity but that no longer serve us. The choice to let go frees us to follow the pathway to our soul.
(Benjamin Shield, in Handbook for the Soul)