Letting Go

Letting 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 that I can't control another.
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 own destinies.
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 regret the past, but to grow and live for the future.
To "let go" is to fear less and to love more.

Sad but true...I do not know where this poem came from. I found it and posted it here on my blog awhile ago knowing that I would come back to it at a later date. I am not the author.

I am learning...it may be slow and I may be kicking and screaming all the way there but at least I am learning. I cannot adjust EVERYTHING in my life to my desires but I am called to cherish myself in it and many other things too.

Folks, this is why I wear the words "Let Go" around my neck each day. It is a big lesson and a daily journey for me. I have lots of work left to do to fully understand and accept my ability to Let GO...