Let Go!

“The mental and physical space 

we create by letting go of things 

that belong in the our past 

gives us the option 

to fill the space 

with something new.” 

~ Susan Fay West

 “If you let go a little, you will have a little peace. 

If you let go a lot, you will have a lot of peace.” 

~ Ajahn Chah

It seems like I talk a lot about letting go.  I think we all have some issues with it, whether we like our 'stuff' or something else we have trouble letting go of.  I could easily count four or five things myself that I haven't been able to let go of.  Back when I first moved to Arizona, I had trouble letting go of things I used often in Ohio -- and don't need here.  Today's fine example:  Blankets.  When temps regularly drop in the teens and 20s in Ohio, they never do here in Arizona!  So why hang on to all those blankets???  And yet, I do.  Silly, I know.

One thing I've noticed:  If you clean out a drawer, a closet, a room, life becomes less cluttered.  But it also makes room for new things to happen, new things to come into your life, and maybe even creates new found time in your busy schedule, if that's what you're needing. 

The other thing we hold on to more than our 'stuff' is our past.  Our past is memories, it shouldn't be what defines us in the here and now.  Take me, for example... I've been married three times - yep, three times.  And I have moments where I used to let it get to me, thinking others would judge me based on that.  And maybe the small minded ones do- that's their problem, not mine.  If we let it, our past will define us right into a corner, and then we're stuck.  Let Go!  If you're like me, symbolism works well.  Write "the past" on a balloon filled with helium, and let it go, be free of your past.   Life is meant to be lived, and its much too short to spend it being unhappy, stuck, or living a life you don't want.   Let Go, make room for something new!