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All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.
~ Henry Ellis
Letting go doesn’t mean giving up. In letting go, we’re actively participating in an outcome we hope for. In other words, letting go is faithfully accepting that whatever is meant to happen will happen. Conversely, holding on when hope for change or growth is obscured by logistics only causes frustration because we’re doing nothing to further our hopes and dreams. If we simply realize that letting go gives us permission to take what comes our way, we can either use — or discard — it as a potential stepping stone toward our Someday. We’re still holding on to a hope for something more or something better. We’re merely letting go of the expectations — the sometimes crippling desire to control an outcome we truly have no control over. It’s compromise. It’s acceptance. Once we do that, we truly begin to live.
Are you holding onto something it’s time to let go of?
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May 06, 2013 @ 20:00:51
This is tue. I think I still have a few things I hold on to and try to control to no end, but in general my life has reached a fine state of love. And you can’t clutch love in your hands and expect it to flourish.
May 06, 2013 @ 20:44:20
~ thank you for your response. I’m in the same boat, with the biggest challenge knowing when it’s okay to let go in the first place.