To Let Go Is.................................

Greetings!

I saw this poem in a spiritual magazine, and copied it onto my journal.  It stated "Author Unknown".  I read it from time to time.  I found the words very helpful and assuring when I chose to let go in life's relationships and situations.

Recently I received Karen's book "Rise and Shine". (Please click to view my post A book from the angels)  As I read it, I found the same poem in her book except there were few more stanzas.  She got a flyer with this poem when she attended a 12-step meeting one night.  So I decided to publish it again with the added stanzas.

Letting Go - Author Unknown

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 realization that I don'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 fix

but to be supportive

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 agree

but 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 cherish myself in it

To let go is not to regret the past
but to grow and live

To let go is to fear less
and love more

To the author of Letting Go, thank you again for shining on us your light of wisdom.  "To take each day as it comes and cherish myself in it, not to regret the past but to grow and live, and to fear less and love more" are the words that we can take in and live with.

Love,
Q of D