The Language of Letting Go: July 27th

Letting Go

Stop trying so hard to control things. It is not our job to control people, outcomes, circumstances, and life. Maybe in the past we couldn't trust and let things happen. But we can now. The way life is unfolding is good. Let it unfold.

Stop trying so hard to do better, be better, and be more. Who we are and the way we do things is good enough for today.

Who we were and the way we did things yesterday was good enough for that day.

Ease up on ourselves. Let go. Stop trying so hard.

Today, I will let go. I will stop trying to control everything. I will stop trying to make myself be and do better, and I will let myself be.

From The Language of Letting Go by Melody Beattie ©1990, Hazelden Foundation.

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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 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 criticize and 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 to love more.

 What a wonderful idea, to think that who I am and the way I do things is good enough for today! I will ease up on myself, let go, and stop trying so hard. For today, I will just be ME and doggone it, that IS good enough!