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I got this from another Al-anon group that I belong to and many people on the chat tonight asked me to post it here. It really has helped me put things in perspective!
To Let Go doesn't 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 realisation that 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 - I can only change 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 outcomes
To Let Go is not to be protective - it is 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 to search out my own shorcomings and correct them
To Let Go is not to adjust everything to my desires - but to take each day as it comes and cherish the moment.
To Let Go is not to criticise and regulate any more - but to try to become what dream I can be
To Let Go is not to regret the past - but to grow and live for the future
Awesome post! It sure tells it like it is. Right to the point and easy to understand. I remember reading this before but now, I interpret things so much more maturely with the growth I now have in the program.Thanks again for posting this amy. your friend in recovery, cdb :)
What a wonderful first post to share on our board. I surrender all the time, am grateful that I can control, change & cure myself & loving msyelf is all I have to do this moment.
I thank God for allowing me to detach from others & love them compassionately and to begin to learn how to love myself for the divine, blessed, sensitive & giving creature I am. I know that I am nothing w/out God, for it is HP that moves in me. I want to continue to grow & am open to the infinite possibilities of the Universe.
Thanks for this post....
love, -K
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Light, Love, Peace, Blessings & Healing to Us All. God's Will Be Done. Amen.
Thankyou Amy how very kind of you to share that. The days I can do the letting go the more sane I am and the more I approach serenity. I cannot be there every day. I do make an effort to stay more in the middle these days.
