Letting Go

Letting Go takes love

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

------ author unknown

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Letting Go - A sonnet

I begin to fear the time is quite near,
To let go of many of my ideals.
Coming slowly like a forgotten tear,
Time changes all, but not how I still feel.

There are moments when I think of the past,
And wonder if it was just make-believe.
All things good will not stay the same or last,
But the present remains, still here to weave.

I long to right all the wrongs in my life,
And start anew by forgiving myself.
To be rid of sorrow and all my strife,
Is what I desire above all else.

I must accept what is and what will be.
This is the one way I'll ever be free.

Copyright © 2004 by Shana Wilson