The Subtle Practice of Letting Go....

Do you get stuck and struggle with not being able (or more likely, not wanting) to let go?

Of hurts? Disappointments? Dreams that maybe were never meant to be?

In meditation today, intentionally I focused on the concept of letting go in my own life. Leaning on one of my all-time favorite meditator gurus, Jack Kornfield, I sat with this difficult concept. I needed this today. I heard so clearly, and something just clicked in my head and heart:

If you let go a little, you will have a little happiness.

If you let go a lot, you will have a lot of happiness.

If you let go completely, you will be FREE!

And maybe that is what we all seek, to be free! To be free from holding on to our hurt, our disappointments, and our dreams that are not meant to be in this life. I so clearly understand, holding on to expectations of how I think things should be only serves to cause heartache and strife in my life. While I don’t appear to be a control freak (though I have self-proclaimed myself as such in the past) there are parts of my life I desperately want to have an influence on the outcome, on the path or direction and the players who will be involved in this path. I do love that life continues to offer learning opportunities for each of us if we are open, and most recently my learning has brought my awareness to this:

CONTROL IS AN ILLUSION!

It’s futile. It’s an energy suck. It’s exhausting.

In our attempt to control the outcome for ourselves, we are missing the fact that we are deeply connected in this life to others and our paths, our dreams, and our visions may be in direct opposition to what others are attempting to control in their own lives. Because, let’s face it…this is not a unique struggle for me, right? We all want to control what we fear, what we can’t see, and what we don’t understand. And yet…what would happen if we trusted the Universe (or God if that works for you) more and just let go completely?

Would we have more space to:

Play

Dance

Love

Write

Explore

Rest

Be……

For the better part of nearly 52 years, I have tried to control to some degree my image, my weight, what others might think of me (though I know, what other people think of me is none of my business…. borrowed from a friend and yogi Lauren Landani), events in my life and the people in my life at times. None of that brings me joy. None of that allows me to be fully present when my thoughts or intentions are elsewhere.

Maybe this is the year….. to just let go. And be…. because more than I can express in words, the concept of being free from all the shit all of us carry around, sounds incredibly appealing. Maybe even appealing enough for me…. the self-proclaimed control freak, to simply…let go….completely…..

Want to join me?

Maybe we could have a collective ceremonial “burning all the stuff that no longer serves us” together? I’m open to ideas… feel free to comment or message me!

Wishing you all freedom from what weighs you down, keeps you stuck, and limits your potential. Wishing you all the willingness to simply….let all that shit go!

Peace….