Letting Go, Revisited 1/09/14

    According to the sidebar, something written two years ago has surged in popularity.  It has spiked its way to first place, among posts viewed this week.  I'm sharing it again, for those who may not have read it. 

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o 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 is the realization 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 outcomes, but to allow others to
                 effect their own outcomes.

     To let go is not to be protective:

                  it is to allow 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 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 the moment.

     To let go is not to criticize and regulate anyone, but
                 to try to become what I dream I can be.

     To let go is not to regret the past, but to grow 
           and live in the present.

     To let go is to fear less and love more.