Psychological Counseling Services

Letting Go

To let go doesn't mean to stop caring.
It means I can't do it for someone else.
To let go is not to cut myself off.
It is the realization that I cannot control another.
To let go is not to enable.
It is allowing learning from natural consequences.
To let go is to admit powerlessness.
The outcome is not in my hands.
To let go is not to try to change or blame another.
I can only change myself.
To let go is not to care for another.
It is to care about another.
To let go is not to judge.
It is allowing another to be a human being.
To let go is not to be in the middle, arranging all the outcomes.
It is allowing others to effect their own outcome.
To let go is not to be protective.
It is to permit another to face reality.
To let go is not to deny.
It is to accept.
To let go is not to nag, scold or argue.
It is to search out my own shortcomings and correct them.
To let go is not to adjust everything to my desires.
It is to take each day as it comes and cherish the moment.
To let go is not to criticize and regulate anyone.
It is to try to become what I dream I can be.
To let go is not to regret the past.
It is to grow and live for the future.