Ann

Sober Jennie shared this on another forum and it was just too good to not bring it here, with her permission and blessing.

This really touched my heart when I read it, hope it touches yours too.

Letting Go

"She let go. Without a thought or a word, she let go.

She let go of the fear. She let go of the judgments. She let go of the confluence of opinions swarming around her head. She let go of the committee of indecision within her. She let go of all the 'right' reasons. Wholly and completely, without hesitation or worry, she just let go.

She didn't ask anyone for advice. She didn't read a book on how to let go... She didn't search the scriptures. She just let go. She let go of all of the memories that held her back. She let go of all of the anxiety that kept her from moving forward. She let go of the planning and all of the calculations about how to do it just right.

She didn't promise to let go. She didn't journal about it. She didn't write the projected date in her Day-Timer. She made no public announcement and put no ad in the paper. She didn't check the weather report or read her daily horoscope. She just let go.

She didn't analyze whether she should let go. She didn't call her friends to discuss the matter. She didn't do a five-step Spiritual Mind Treatment. She didn't call the prayer line. She didn't utter one word. She just let go.

No one was around when it happened. There was no applause or congratulations. No one thanked her or praised her. No one noticed a thing. Like a leaf falling from a tree, she just let go.

There was no effort. There was no struggle. It wasn't good and it wasn't bad. It was what it was, and it is just that.

In the space of letting go, she let it all be. A small smile came over her face. A light breeze blew through her. And the sun and the moon shone forevermore."

- Ernest Holmes

Ann

We all let go in our own way or our own time...but I clearly remember that wonderful feeling when I finally, simply and forever, let go. Such a sense of relief and freedom all wrapped into one.

neferkamichael

Ann, FANTASTIC.

wicked

Thank you SoberJennie, and Ann for posting it here.
I just let go.
I call it Serenity Island.
I am working on the United State of Serenity.
Gratefully,
Beth

wicked

I did journal this though!

Kat60

Brilliant! Thanks for sharing!!

Ilovemysonjj

Beautiful! It is that easy and magical.

Kindeyes

Thank you for sharing this.......so beautiful. Letting go was one of the hardest things I have ever done. Continuing to "let go" and " live and let live" is done quietly in meditation each day......because it would be so easy to take back again.

gentle hugs
ke

Twofish

Hi everyone, Hi Ann, I'm a newbie, my home for now has been the Newbie to addiction Forum, I write extremely long posts, anyway, I'm the mom looking into my girls drugging it up world. I have been lied to stolen from disappointed and betrayed. The pain and guilt and tears, suddenly, without warning, I let go and stepped away. I was alone when this happened. It truly was a miracle From a higher power. Then, my fingers guided me to the Friend and Family Forum, Letting go post. Now, here I am...Fondly, Twofish

Ann

Like Kindeyes suggested, I let go many times but eventually took it back.

The time I finally let go and knew I was done was at the side of a major highway, when my tears would let me drive no further, and this is where I told God I could not do one more day of this...and I let go and felt the immediate relief of knowing my burden was lifted.

Like the writing says, there were no "hallelujah" choruses, there was no lighting of the skies, traffic did not all honk and wave in acknowledgement...it just was what it was and it was good and I drove on.

A very brief moment in time, but a moment I shall never forget.

Ilovemysonjj

I reflected that this message is very similar to the footprints in the sand poem. When there was one set of prints, that is us letting go, we are carried.
Blessings to everyone this beautiful day!

YouWillBe

Thank you.

I'm trying SOOOOOOOOO hard.

Like someone else said, I've let go more times than I can count, but the dang thing grabs my ankle and pulls me back in once again.

I kick and scream and rage and cry and, finally, to keep from going under, I hold on, thinking it's safer than fighting... forgetting that this is the exact reason I'm in trouble.

I long and pine for that day when I have, once and for all, let go of the worry.

Ann

YouWillBe, me too, I let go maybe hundreds of times.

But when I really truly actually let go, I knew it was for good and I knew that I would never take it back. It's like an epiphany when everything we have learned in recovery makes sense and the only natural conclusion is to simply let go.