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Letting Go


 

Letting Go


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; its 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; its 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 own destinies.

To "let go" is not to be protective; its to permit another to face reality.

To "let go" is not to deny, but to accept.

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 criticize and regulate anybody, but to try to become what I dream I can be.

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 to not regret the past but to grow and live for the future.

To "let go" is to fear less and love myself more. 

 

 

                                 

                     

 



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LinSC - thank you for a lovely share......I needed to hear/see this today! (((Hugs)))

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Practice the PAUSE...Pause before judging.  Pause before assuming.  Pause before accusing.  Pause whenever you are about to react harshly and you will avoid doing and saying things you will later regret.  ~~~~  Lori Deschene

 

 



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I loooove this. Ive got it on my fridge, its my go to reading when Im tempted to begin my enabling tendacies with my son. Thank you for sharing.x



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