*~*~Letting Go~*~*
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| Thu, 04-08-2004 - 6:24am |
When I was going to 12 step programs like Overeaters Anonymous or Celebrate Recovery, they often talk about letting go. I wanted to, but never quite understood what that really meant or looked like. Now that I have let go of so many things, I still don't know how I really did it or how to explain it. Below is an explanation I really like. It comes from a daily devotional I get per email.
Today's thought is:
Love has a hundred gentle ends.
--Leonora Speyer
Letting go is a process that is seldom easy. For many, its meaning is elusive. How do we "let go"? Letting go means removing our attention from a particular experience or person and putting our focus on the here and now. We hang on to the past, to past hurts, but also to past joys. We have to let the past pass. The struggle to hang on to it, any part of it, clouds the present. You can't see the possibilities today is offering if your mind is still drawn to what was.
Letting go and be a gentle process. Our trust in our higher power and our faith that good will prevail, in spite of appearances, eases the process. And we must let each experience end, as its moment passes, whether it is good or bad, love or sorrow. It helps to remember that all experiences contribute to our growth and wholeness. No experience will be ignored by the inner self who is charting our course. All are parts of the journey. And every moment has a gentle end, but no moment is forgotten.
My journey today is akin to yesterday's journey and tomorrow's too. I will savor each moment and be ready for the next.
Love & hugs, Kristina
The opinions I have expressed here are from my own experience and are not intended as medical advice or to take the place of your own physician's advice.
