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.
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.
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.
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.
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
: ) (my small smile)
XOXOXX you so get it!!
this post…this poem…these words…these images= pure magic. needed and welcomed in every which way!
oh I HEAR you, Suzanne . . . it really called to me, too. 🙂
Ahhhh…..pure bliss.
um hmmmm, doesn't it feel SO good? xoxo
and… exhale.
thank you.
yeah, baby—- DEEP exhale .. .. ahhhhhh xo
This is getting printed out and taped to the wall. Thank you 🙂
LOVE THIS. Love! I know it is a sign. I am still fighting though. Maybe some day! xoxoxoxxo
Isn't it funny how DEEPLY it sinks into us? I feel the very same way, Nicole– xoxoxoox
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
yes.
yes… this is what my summer has been about to. I feel in sync with myself. 🙂
xo
(sigh) just what I needed today; thanks for sharing 🙂
“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
yepper!!! xoxo
absolutely— yes– in sync— ahhhhhh how perfect is that?
BIG sigh– big exhale– Ahhhhhhh — how do we forget this? right? xoox
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
Beautiful, if someone could let go of all these, for sure she/he would be flying by now, so light and so free.
So beautiful! It was just what I needed. Thanks!
light light light and FREE! yes.
oh that makes me so happy— I felt the same way when I read it– oxox, e
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
Heartfelt thanks, love and hugs for this – you can't possibly know how helpful that is to me right now… *small smile* x
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.
XOXOOXOX I hear you on all of this– be easy on yourself– that is the first step to letting go. . . oxox
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
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!
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
oh you MUST share your MoM shawl when it is done– sounds divine— sending you SUCH big love!!!
Quite so. 🙂 Walking in the woods today I let it all go once again. Printing this now for my wall. xoxo
XOXOXOXOX
I will :-). And I will bring it next June!
yes…
XOXOXOXOXOX
Love this piece! I think I let go in between reading one line & the next. 🙂
yes yes Cherie, me, too!! xo
ahhhhh……..love this 🙂
hi Patti! so glad to see you here– 🙂 yes, it does feel soooooo good. I agree