All of us meet with setbacks at certain times in our lives and good-natured people around us would advise us to ‘let go’. A while ago, I was sharing about our challenges with mum and our decision to ‘let go’.
However, what does ‘letting go’ means? Is it all about surrendering and giving up in the face of adversity?
Quite the opposite, ‘letting go’ to me is an intentional act of being at peace with the current situation because I am confident that everything will eventually turn out fine.
The catch here is in accepting the fact that I have no control over when the situation will be fine and detaching myself from a specific outcome that I hope to achieve.
So while I feel that I have to do this or get this or achieve that, I try not to get too caught up with the outcome. Because if I do, I can only imagine going into this whole vicious downward spiral of disappointments, anger, self-doubt (and the list goes on) when my expectations are unmet.
Take courage and start learning to let go because our lives can only get better when we do. It is not going to be a walk in the park; It will be difficult, to say the least. But nothing is impossible and I am learning the art of ‘letting go’ in baby steps. So keep your chin up, persist and watch us transform into a happier and confident us.