Language of Letting Go - April 1 - Going Easy
Language of Letting Go - April 1 - Going Easy
You are reading from the book The Language of Letting Go
Going Easy
Go easy. You may have to push forward, but you don't have to push so hard. Go in gentleness - go in peace.
Do not be in so much of a hurry. At no day, no hour, no time are you required to do more than you can do in peace.
Frantic behaviors and urgency are not the foundation for our new way of life.
Do not be in too much of a hurry to begin. Begin, but do not force the beginning if it is not time. Beginnings will arrive soon enough.
Enjoy and relish middles, the heart of the matter.
Do not be in too much of a hurry to finish. You may be almost done, but enjoy the final moments. Give yourself fully to those moments so that you may give and get all there is.
Let the pace flow naturally. Move forward. Start. Keep moving forward. Do it gently, though. Do it in peace. Cherish each moment.
Today, God, help me focus on a peaceful pace rather than a harried one. I will keep moving forward gently, not frantically. Help me let go of my need to be anxious, upset, and harried. Help me replace it with a need to be a peace and in harmony.
From The Language of Letting Go by Melody Beattie ©1990, Hazelden Foundation.
Going Easy
Go easy. You may have to push forward, but you don't have to push so hard. Go in gentleness - go in peace.
Do not be in so much of a hurry. At no day, no hour, no time are you required to do more than you can do in peace.
Frantic behaviors and urgency are not the foundation for our new way of life.
Do not be in too much of a hurry to begin. Begin, but do not force the beginning if it is not time. Beginnings will arrive soon enough.
Enjoy and relish middles, the heart of the matter.
Do not be in too much of a hurry to finish. You may be almost done, but enjoy the final moments. Give yourself fully to those moments so that you may give and get all there is.
Let the pace flow naturally. Move forward. Start. Keep moving forward. Do it gently, though. Do it in peace. Cherish each moment.
Today, God, help me focus on a peaceful pace rather than a harried one. I will keep moving forward gently, not frantically. Help me let go of my need to be anxious, upset, and harried. Help me replace it with a need to be a peace and in harmony.
From The Language of Letting Go by Melody Beattie ©1990, Hazelden Foundation.
I needed to read this today, for some reason I find myself not so much in a rush to finish everything, but feeling a sense of urgency to get things done.
I am a "list" person, lists help me remember and prioritize what I need to do. If I have 7 things on a list, I don't relax until I am working on #7.
Maybe it's my obsessive side coming through, but just for today I will take things as they come and try to just enjoy the task at hand instead of checking my watch and rushing to finish the list. My guess is that the list will get finished anyway and the difference will be in my stress level more than anything else.
Hugs
I am a "list" person, lists help me remember and prioritize what I need to do. If I have 7 things on a list, I don't relax until I am working on #7.
Maybe it's my obsessive side coming through, but just for today I will take things as they come and try to just enjoy the task at hand instead of checking my watch and rushing to finish the list. My guess is that the list will get finished anyway and the difference will be in my stress level more than anything else.
Hugs
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