Wow. I received the following in a random e-mail from my
cousin, yesterday. How could he have known it was just what I needed to
hear? He’s actually my dad’s first cousin (and one of my
favorites) and I only see him once a year but he often sends e-mails out to
a family distribution list; some funny and some deep. The words below ---
deep:
There is great personal freedom to be found in letting go:
To let go doesn’t mean to stop caring, it means I can’t do
it for someone else.
To let go doesn’t mean to cut myself off, it’s the
realization that I can’t control another.
To let go is not to enable, but to allow learning for
natural consequences.
To let go is to admit powerlessness, which means the outcome
is not in my hands.
To let go is not to change or blame another, it is 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
experience their humanity.
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, it’s to allow another to
face reality.
To let go is not to criticize or control anyone, but to try
to achieve what I dream I can become.
To let go is to fear less and to love more.
I don’t even know if there is anything more I need to
say. It’s perfect!
Let it go,
