Let Go...

[dwmoeller]

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 that 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 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 all the outcomes.
But to allow others to affect their destinies.
To let go is not to deny
But accept.
To let go is not to be protective
It's to permit another to face reality
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 and 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 love more.

[MajestyJo]

Let Go

Letting go is one of the hardest lessons in life,
Yet over changing seasons and passing time,
You will have to learn to let go of certain
People, relationships, situations and things,
That fall way beyond your control.

Tenacity and the attitude of not giving up,
Work wonders on many occasions but not all,
As some things just are not meant to be,
No matter how hard you fight and cling to them,
And forcing your will upon things just repel them further.

There will always be people,
Who will turn out in ways you never expected,
And it dawns on you that you have to let them go,
So that they can fulfill their destinies,
While you go on to fulfill your own life path.

As life likes to dish out surprises and challenges,
Sometimes it is only through letting go,
When your heart cries in anguish,
That in the agonizing process that you realize,
What is truly worth holding onto.

Letting go does not signify weakness,
As it might take more courage to let go than holding on,
Like the big, inflexible tree that snaps in the storm,
While tiny blades of grasses yield and live on,
Revealing the strength of letting go.

by Fion Lim