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August 14, 2014 41 Comments

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She let go.

Without a thought or a word, she let go.
She let go of fear.
She let go of the judgments.
She let go of the confluence of opinions swarming around her head.
She let go of the committee of indecision within her.
She let go of all the ‘right’ reasons.

Wholly and completely,
without hesitation or worry,
she just let go. 

She didn’t ask anyone for advice.
She didn’t read a book on how to let go. . . she didn’t search the scriptures.
She just let go.
She let go of all of the memories that held her back.
She let go of all of the anxiety that kept her from moving forward.
She let go of the planning and all of the calculations about how to do it just right.

She didn’t promise to let go.

It's that time of day. (Iced coffee with almond milk)
She didn’t journal about it.
She didn’t write the projected date in her day-timer.
She made no public announcement and put no ad in the paper.
She didn’t check the weather report or read her daily horoscope.

She just let go.

TGIF
She didn’t analyze whether she should let go.
She didn’t call her friends to discuss the matter.
She didn’t do a five-step Spiritual Mind Treatment.
She didn’t call the prayer line.
She didn’t utter one word.

She just let go.

Little garage at the end of the lane #provylove
No one was around when it happened.
There was no applause or congratulations.
No one thanked her or praised her.
No one noticed a thing.

Like a leaf falling from a tree, she just let go. 

There was no effort.
There was no struggle.
It wasn’t good and it wasn’t bad.
It was what it was, and it is just that.
In the space of letting go, she let it all be.
A small smile came over her face.
A light breeze blew through her.
And the sun and the moon shone forevermore.
–  Reverend Safire Rose (via Rebecca Atwood)

xo, e

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  1. Denise Parsons says

    August 14, 2014 at 7:47 pm

    : ) (my small smile)

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  2. Elizabeth Duvivier says

    August 14, 2014 at 7:57 pm

    XOXOXX you so get it!!

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  3. suzanne says

    August 14, 2014 at 8:39 pm

    this post…this poem…these words…these images= pure magic. needed and welcomed in every which way!

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  4. Elizabeth Duvivier says

    August 14, 2014 at 8:50 pm

    oh I HEAR you, Suzanne . . . it really called to me, too. 🙂

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  5. Rita Herrmann says

    August 14, 2014 at 8:55 pm

    Ahhhh…..pure bliss.

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  6. Elizabeth Duvivier says

    August 14, 2014 at 9:07 pm

    um hmmmm, doesn't it feel SO good? xoxo

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  7. Meghan says

    August 14, 2014 at 9:28 pm

    and… exhale.

    thank you.

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  8. Elizabeth Duvivier says

    August 14, 2014 at 10:12 pm

    yeah, baby—- DEEP exhale .. .. ahhhhhh xo

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  9. Nicole says

    August 15, 2014 at 2:24 am

    This is getting printed out and taped to the wall. Thank you 🙂

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  10. Megsie says

    August 15, 2014 at 3:52 am

    LOVE THIS. Love! I know it is a sign. I am still fighting though. Maybe some day! xoxoxoxxo

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  11. Elizabeth Duvivier says

    August 15, 2014 at 11:22 am

    Isn't it funny how DEEPLY it sinks into us? I feel the very same way, Nicole– xoxoxoox

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  12. Elizabeth Duvivier says

    August 15, 2014 at 11:23 am

    you can LET GO for 10 minutes— an hour– you know? practice letting go in full moments.

    I MISS you and hope your summer is being sweet to you. oxoxooxo

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  13. saspetherick says

    August 15, 2014 at 11:35 am

    yes.

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  14. karen says

    August 15, 2014 at 1:53 pm

    yes… this is what my summer has been about to. I feel in sync with myself. 🙂
    xo

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  15. Candace says

    August 15, 2014 at 2:26 pm

    (sigh) just what I needed today; thanks for sharing 🙂

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  16. Kif says

    August 15, 2014 at 3:05 pm

    “She let go of all of the memories that held her back.
    She let go of all of the anxiety that kept her from moving forward.”

    right in the middle of those two things… there is peace.

    love your post.

    xo

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  17. Elizabeth Duvivier says

    August 15, 2014 at 3:17 pm

    yepper!!! xoxo

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  18. Elizabeth Duvivier says

    August 15, 2014 at 3:17 pm

    absolutely— yes– in sync— ahhhhhh how perfect is that?

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  19. Elizabeth Duvivier says

    August 15, 2014 at 3:18 pm

    BIG sigh– big exhale– Ahhhhhhh — how do we forget this? right? xoox

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  20. Elizabeth Duvivier says

    August 15, 2014 at 3:18 pm

    thank you Kif!!! I found it to be a wonderful piece of writing, too– not mine but loved sharing it and feeling it resonate with so many others. xoox, e

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  21. Elizabeth says

    August 15, 2014 at 3:46 pm

    Beautiful, if someone could let go of all these, for sure she/he would be flying by now, so light and so free.

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  22. Brenda says

    August 15, 2014 at 4:37 pm

    So beautiful! It was just what I needed. Thanks!

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  23. Elizabeth Duvivier says

    August 15, 2014 at 4:59 pm

    light light light and FREE! yes.

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  24. Elizabeth Duvivier says

    August 15, 2014 at 4:59 pm

    oh that makes me so happy— I felt the same way when I read it– oxox, e

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  25. Megsie says

    August 16, 2014 at 2:53 am

    Oh, yes. Of course. I used to be so good about this! I would get up every morning and just sit for 10ish minutes, sometimes more. That was SO LONG ago. You are so right that I need to do this again. It really helps with EVERYTHING. Isn't it sad that I can absolutely know this, and yet I still let myself (and my TO DO list) get in the way? It is just like the saying, “The important is always pushed aside for the urgent.” (or something like that…) So. True. Oh, I love reading your words so much! My summer has been more hectic than usual, but still sweet and happy. I have told myself I need to write one post (at least…) before school starts. I need to do an update at least. I have let that part go, mostly because there has been so many other things! I think I need to print this out and tape it up somewhere too. I need to go read Harry Potter to my kids now they are all in here looking at me! Sending you big LOVE! xoxoxoxox

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  26. Jo says

    August 16, 2014 at 6:50 pm

    Heartfelt thanks, love and hugs for this – you can't possibly know how helpful that is to me right now… *small smile* x

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  27. eSeN says

    August 16, 2014 at 7:02 pm

    Even though I know better, I still get stuck in 'shoulds', instead of remembering that it's all in me, in my control to decide how I'm going to react (or not react). I don't have to do things in the way everybody else does them. The tough stuff doesn't have to be all drama and angst and analyzing. Thanks, Elizabeth.

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  28. Elizabeth Duvivier says

    August 16, 2014 at 9:16 pm

    XOXOOXOX I hear you on all of this– be easy on yourself– that is the first step to letting go. . . oxox

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  29. Elizabeth Duvivier says

    August 16, 2014 at 9:17 pm

    omg– exactly!!! you are so right. we get to choose drama or not, it's all in OUR choice for sure– and once we really get that— wow, do things ever soften up . .. . sending you BIG love, xoxo, e

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  30. kati anne says

    August 17, 2014 at 6:22 am

    Yes. THE change is quiet and unpredicted. Nothing to do with wanting, planning. I believe that letting go is like being a vessel for the woman inside. It feels so full of joy, this poem. A knowing and quiet and deep rooted joy. Love this!! The leaf! No coincidence that I am still designing my MoM shawl and it has leaves inside… Thank you so much for sharing this, dear E.! Hugs!

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  31. Elizabeth Duvivier says

    August 17, 2014 at 4:37 pm

    hi Jo– blogger ate my reply to you which essentially said OH HAPPINESS– that makes me so very happy and I know that feeling and am so glad it arrived on your doorstep– love when the right words show up just when we need them. XOXOX

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  32. Elizabeth Duvivier says

    August 17, 2014 at 4:38 pm

    oh you MUST share your MoM shawl when it is done– sounds divine— sending you SUCH big love!!!

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  33. Jo says

    August 17, 2014 at 5:01 pm

    Quite so. 🙂 Walking in the woods today I let it all go once again. Printing this now for my wall. xoxo

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  34. Elizabeth Duvivier says

    August 17, 2014 at 11:01 pm

    XOXOXOXOX

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  35. kati anne says

    August 18, 2014 at 5:53 am

    I will :-). And I will bring it next June!

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  36. michelle gd says

    August 18, 2014 at 3:55 pm

    yes…

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  37. Elizabeth Duvivier says

    August 18, 2014 at 7:11 pm

    XOXOXOXOXOX

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  38. Cherie Murray says

    August 21, 2014 at 9:19 pm

    Love this piece! I think I let go in between reading one line & the next. 🙂

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  39. Elizabeth Duvivier says

    August 26, 2014 at 11:21 pm

    yes yes Cherie, me, too!! xo

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  40. Patti says

    August 28, 2014 at 3:53 pm

    ahhhhh……..love this 🙂

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  41. Elizabeth Duvivier says

    August 28, 2014 at 9:07 pm

    hi Patti! so glad to see you here– 🙂 yes, it does feel soooooo good. I agree

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