Every time I let go, I have a breakthrough
Letting go sometimes happens at the most inopportune times. Sometimes it takes a while to build up and you feel it, but sometimes it is out of the blue. And by "letting go", I mean in several senses: crying, psychologically letting go, or even physically letting go of a possession. In any case, you are stuck between two times: the past where this thing was a part of your life, and the future, where it exists as a memory or in another form.
We often resist letting go because it's scary. It's uncomfortable. Is it really necessary, we ask ourselves?
The decision to let go may come way before the letting go actually happens. After letting go, we may feel a loss, or disconcerted. This object or routine or way of thinking was so common to us, and now we are in an uncharted territory, lost and in need of a good mental GPS system.
The joyous thing about letting go is that it allows new thoughts, new things, and new opportunities to come into our lives. And we often cannot even guess at what may arrive for us until we've let go. Until we've overcome the fear and procrastination.
When I am going through the process of letting go, which can be very difficult when immersed in it, I feel like I am in a fog where things don't really make sense. It's sort of like a snow globe when it's shaken and all the little snowflakes are swimming around and you don't know where they are going to land. But due to the nature of Earth's gravity, they always eventually land. And then the water is clear again.
When I am in the process of letting go, I now hear a faint voice that says "even though this is hard, something good will come of this. You will see." And that is comforting.
I feel like we are constantly climbing to the next "tier." We may be in different stages: sometimes were are climbing the stairs to the next tier (often a difficult, challenging part). Then we reach the tier and rest for a while, enjoying where we've landed. But then we see the staircase leading to the next tier and become restless for the next challenge, so we begin again. And on and on.
Each time we leave a tier, we let go. And each time we are climbing up, not down. And each time, we are getting to a better place.
We often resist letting go because it's scary. It's uncomfortable. Is it really necessary, we ask ourselves?
The decision to let go may come way before the letting go actually happens. After letting go, we may feel a loss, or disconcerted. This object or routine or way of thinking was so common to us, and now we are in an uncharted territory, lost and in need of a good mental GPS system.
The joyous thing about letting go is that it allows new thoughts, new things, and new opportunities to come into our lives. And we often cannot even guess at what may arrive for us until we've let go. Until we've overcome the fear and procrastination.
When I am going through the process of letting go, which can be very difficult when immersed in it, I feel like I am in a fog where things don't really make sense. It's sort of like a snow globe when it's shaken and all the little snowflakes are swimming around and you don't know where they are going to land. But due to the nature of Earth's gravity, they always eventually land. And then the water is clear again.
When I am in the process of letting go, I now hear a faint voice that says "even though this is hard, something good will come of this. You will see." And that is comforting.
I feel like we are constantly climbing to the next "tier." We may be in different stages: sometimes were are climbing the stairs to the next tier (often a difficult, challenging part). Then we reach the tier and rest for a while, enjoying where we've landed. But then we see the staircase leading to the next tier and become restless for the next challenge, so we begin again. And on and on.
Each time we leave a tier, we let go. And each time we are climbing up, not down. And each time, we are getting to a better place.
Let go and the net will appear. Love you!
ReplyDeleteCandice, thank you so much for your comment!! Love you too! :)
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