Let Go and Let Be (now repeat!)

Courage is the power to let go of the familiar — Raymond Lindquist

I’m a firm believer in everything happening for a reason (yes, even the bad stuff). Looking back, during every major life event’s rough spot, the very thing I once thought I’d never be able to overcome, I’m able to see that it was a good thing in the end. I mean, come on, when hasn’t it worked out for the best? In hindsight.

But that’s the key word…hindsight. As you’re experiencing that no good, very bad, horrible situation, you just can’t seem to even imagine that there’s a bright side, a silver lining if you will. Once again, I seem to be in one of those situations where the Universe is suggesting that I stop and take a look at my life. No, it’s nothing major, scary or even very bad (thankfully, as I’ve learned when the subtle clues don’t work, the Universe likes to step it up a notch). It’s just something annoying enough that I think I need to take a moment (or fifty) and ponder it.

And ponder I did. I’ve just now started to realize that to be the person I want to be, the person I know I am, I need to let go. I need to let go to attachments and to old beliefs. I need to let go of the rights and the wrongs. But more importantly, I need to let go of relationships that I’ve outgrown.

Much like my belief that everything happens for a reason (whether we’re in on the reason or not), I also believe that everyone in our life is there for a reason. And sometimes, that reason just might be to drag you down and play in the mud long enough to realize that that’s not somewhere you’d like to be.

Sometimes, you just need to let go and move on and just know that you’re doing what’s right for you. Sometimes, you just need to let go and Be.