Letting Go
Nature Girl
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Join Date: Mar 2002
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Letting Go
This is a treasure I found up in the sticky threads. I haven't seen it here for a while so I am posting it for the newcomers and for the old timers like me who need reminders. Enjoy!!
Letting Go
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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 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 try 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 be protective,
it's to permit another to face reality.
To 'let go' is not to nag, scold, or argue,
but 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 to 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 to love more.
Letting Go
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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 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 try 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 be protective,
it's to permit another to face reality.
To 'let go' is not to nag, scold, or argue,
but 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 to 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 to love more.
Nature Girl
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: By The Lake
Posts: 60,328
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 be protective,
it's to permit another to face reality.
but to allow others to affect their destinies.
To 'let go' is not to be protective,
it's to permit another to face reality.
My name is Ann and I am powerless over anyone except myself.
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Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Delray Beach, Florida
Posts: 215
Thank you Ann. No one ever teaches these ways of protecting our well being. If course it's not a normal function for me, but when I see it in writing it seems more simple and guilt free...So again thank you.
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: USA
Posts: 2,684
It sure is comforting to have this and other treasures to go to in the sticky threads when I need help and want to regroup and refocus on constructive goals. This path to recovery can be intimidating and trying to do it on my own...well...it just results in me isolating and stalling.
So valuable and hopeful and, again, thanks for sharing.
So valuable and hopeful and, again, thanks for sharing.
Nature Girl
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: By The Lake
Posts: 60,328
I am so glad you all like it as much as I do.
It's funny how each time I read it there is always one line or two that speaks to me, today it is those lines above.
I am at a time in my life that only includes forward, the past is fond memories that I kept when I threw out the regrets and "if only's".
In hindsight, most of the pain I faced in the past brought its own "strangely wrapped gift", the gift of learning, or the gift of finding a new path that led me some place wonderful, or even the gift of acceptance. So I shall not regret the past, I shall be grateful to it for all it brought me and where it brought me, to the peaceful place I am in today.
You all walked with me, old timer and newcomer alike. It was the wisdom of the elders and the spirit of the youth that kept my path lovely and interesting every step of the way.
Love you all. Today let's let go of our burdens and just embrace the beauty of the day. It's there for us to see if we just open the curtains of our hearts.
Hugs
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 to love more.
but to grow and live for the future.
To 'let go' is to fear less,
and to love more.
I am at a time in my life that only includes forward, the past is fond memories that I kept when I threw out the regrets and "if only's".
In hindsight, most of the pain I faced in the past brought its own "strangely wrapped gift", the gift of learning, or the gift of finding a new path that led me some place wonderful, or even the gift of acceptance. So I shall not regret the past, I shall be grateful to it for all it brought me and where it brought me, to the peaceful place I am in today.
You all walked with me, old timer and newcomer alike. It was the wisdom of the elders and the spirit of the youth that kept my path lovely and interesting every step of the way.
Love you all. Today let's let go of our burdens and just embrace the beauty of the day. It's there for us to see if we just open the curtains of our hearts.
Hugs
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