I know that the only thing I lose when I let go of something I am afraid to live without, is the fear itself. I am stronger than anything that frightens me!
I let go of the past, and I am free to think clearly and positively in the present. I am not my past.
Letting go is the natural release which always follows the realization that holding on is an energy drain and it hurts. Letting go happens effortlessly when there is no other choice. Letting go does not mean giving up.
Letting go is a journey that never ends. Never. It only begins -- over and over again -- each time I can glimpse something higher than my own painful certainty over who I think I am. There is always something higher; a life beyond the limits of my present sight.
To see what is farther I must be willing to lift my eyes from their present point of focus. Release always follows revelation and real revelation is always a glimpse of something that was only just out of sight.
What I resist, persists. I am tied to whatever I avoid.
Reality has its own effortless course, and I can either embrace its way or struggle endlessly with mine.
I do not need power to flow.
I let go of that part of myself that is certain it is better to suffer and feel like someone than it is to just let go and quietly be no one. I give birth to a new me that never has to hold on to anything because it is already everything.
I dare to walk away from all of the familiar but useless mental and emotional relationships that give me a temporary but unsatisfactory sense of self. My true identity is calling me and to hear it I must be willing to endure, for as long as necessary, the fear of self-uncertainty.
This form of seeming self-abandonment eventually turns into my greatest pleasure as it becomes increasingly evident that the only thing certain about fear is that it will always compromise me. When it comes to who I really am, there is no compromise.
Let go of the past. The past is yesterday. It is irretrievable. When you relate to the past, you relate to no one or any thing. You are literally talking to yourself. No one else is listening. You have already heard all you have to say about that, so, let go.
"You cannot really not let go what has already gone. It must be, therefore, that you are maintaining the illusion that it has not gone because you think it serves some purpose that you want fulfilled."
It is certifiable insanity to conjure up your own reality based on the past and relate to it, rather than to relate to the present which is the only reality.
I say goodbye to the past and hello to the present.
I am enthusiastic about who I am becoming! I know that no one sincerely asks for a new life until they are thoroughly dissatisfied with the old one. I am and I let go. When I allow myself to let go of what is old, I stay true to what is new.
I believe that as with all insight, higher understanding itself contains not only the instructions I must follow, but the strength I will need to carry them out.
Starting life over again is the key to a new me. I see the beauty and significance of starting over - over and over and over. Every present moment is always new and new is always right now! The new dies to the ever-new in an endless celebration of Life.
This is it!
I live in the present. I never let the past dictate the direction of the present moment. I give my best to my endeavors.
What lies ahead for me can only be good.
True peace and harmony are a part of who I am.
I have come to the realization that what is possible for me to become only truly changes when I am willing to see what is impossible for me to continue being.
My true nature is already fully independent and flying freely. I have found my wings.
I let go and let God. And so it is. ..................................Larry James
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(((Phil))) thank U for this..........i learned a HARD lesson on letting go....have a dog who is having seizures.....(origin a mystery) and with my limited funds for vets, i can only go so far, so i have her on herbal GABA and valerian root, and vit b complex.......AND the "let go let God" part was sooo hard...
my instinct was to obsess over her.....fretting/ worrying/ not "getting out of the way" and letting HP do the work....now after MUCH step work, i was able , last night, to put her in her crate (for safe keeping IF she had seizure----she had her 2nd mar 27th, the first being mar 2nd) anway, i told her i had to "get out of God's way" and let her rest in her crate w/out my hovering over her........last night i slept well, i finally was able to DETACH.....let go let God.....sure, i pray to hang onto her a bit longer (shes only 7---beautifuly pure black lab--and a wonderful friend) sure i asked God that, but also with the understanding that i ACCEPT ONE day i'll have to say goodbye to her as i will my other 2 labs, life is so tentative and temporary , and i have come to accept it...................
Phil this post really hit home for me. Today I'm trying to be myself without any reservations. I always think that I should be better or worse, smarter or dumber, and it always changes from day to day. I'm sick of throwing up facades to mask the real me. That was the old me. I'm still working on the new and improved Justin. As someone else said I too am working on becoming a lovable human being today. Sounds a little corny but it's very true. Thanks for the post.
