On letting Go … ( 03 / 21 / 2013 )
On letting Go … ( 03 / 21 / 2013 )
“ Finish each day and be done with it . You have done what you could ( or at least what you did ). Some blunders and a few absurdities may have crept in ; release them … Tomorrow is a new day . You shall begin it serenely , with far too much gratitude & Loving resolve to be encumbered by your old nonsense .” ~ inspired by Ralph W . Emerson
Lots of folks are big into “ letting go ” these days — letting go of “ unhealthy people ” by condemning them , letting go of “ unhealthy ideas ” by ridiculing them , letting go of “ unhealthy behaviors ” by ignoring them … And yet , as those who have tried these futile methods already know , this mentality simply does not work .
Dismissing one “ unhealthy person ” from your life only opens the door for another to enter … Rejecting one “ unhealthy idea ” from your mind only allows the next one to occupy your attention … Looking away from another ’ s “ unhealthy behavior ” only encourages that person to find more painful ways to manifest something similar .
In-deed , as long as we choose the Road of Callousness — the road of “ healthy boundaries ” & “ self help ” & “ tough love ”, there will be no escape from our darkness & our suffering .
No , my Friends , until we choose to set our True Selves free — our Kind Selves , our Caring Selves , our Humble & selfless Serving Selves — nothing will ever “ get better ” for us or those around us .
Please consider this gently
… and then please enact it courageously .
Thank you .
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