To “Let Go”

Takes Love

Author Unknown

 

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 is

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 is to make the most of myself

 

To “let go” is not to care for, but 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, 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 instead to search

out my own shortcomings and to correct them.

 

To “let go” is not to adjust everything to my desires but to take

each day as it comes, and to 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 to live for the future.

 

To “let go” is not to regret the past, but to grow

and to live for the future.

 

To “let go” is to fear less and love more.

 

 

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