Learning to Let Go

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's the realization I can't control another

To let go is not to enable,
but 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's 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 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 destinies

To let go is not to be protective,
it's 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 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 criticize or 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 live for the future

To let go is to fear less and love more
Remember:

The time to love is short