Letting go

Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go. Hermann Hesse

Life is an endless cycle of winning & losing, laughing & crying, feeling low & happy. Life is a flow of feelings and events, most of which have their own expiration date.

Someone said the art of life lies in a fine balance between holding on and letting go.?The problem is that when we hear 'letting go,' we quite often think about a loss or a failure. So, we hang onto some things even if we know they are not useful or helpful, or some people even if we know they will not change. We do this not because these things or people make us happy but because we try to satisfy our need to be right, acknowledged, and avoid failure.

In reality, letting go also means maturing, exchanging some ideas for new ones, and giving up useless habits to develop helpful ones. Letting go means internal growth, which often leads to changing viewpoints, re-evaluation, and re-prioritization of our values.

So don’t associate the idea of “letting go” with having to accept an emotional failure or personal loss. Practice this concept to mature and discover?new ideas and opportunities. Instead of clinging to something that does not work for you, move on from certain things to accept new ones. If you want to grow, change and transform by letting the following go:

• The events in the past, which you still analyze and think about how they could have worked out eventually.
• Harmful, abusive, and disrespectful behaviors from people which you tolerate hoping they will improve.
• Work where you feel unvalued but keep putting more and more effort to be acknowledged ‘one day.'

If you keep resisting your thoughts to move on, eventually, you will start feeling anger and bitterness towards yourself. Don’t allow this to happen.

And remember: Quite often, letting go is not giving up or failing. Instead, it is overcoming the blocks, getting rid of limitations, following your energetic needs, and doing the right thing for yourself.