I always used to be that type of person that would cling to people, things, feelings, and circumstances too much. I would wildly grasp at them until they really could not move freely around my mind and my life. I was convinced that if I held them very firmly that it would keep them close to me. What I found however, is that gripping onto things too tightly only chokes the air out of them or makes them sift through your hands like sand.
I was under the impression that holding on was the greatest sign of strength - that to prove just how much you need something you must hang onto it with everything that you have. But in that , I lost parts of myself. I lost my capacity to change. I really didn't give other things the chance to change much so I instead ground them into submission without letting them function unreservedly. I came up against one certain feature of life that proved my judged strength weak time and again - life will always change.
So I began to let go. I began to let those pretty and intricate portraits of memories in my mind unfold like streamers in the wind. I let them flow naturally like the waters in the streams.
When the time was right, I rolled them back up, smiled, and started to stare at the open and vast ocean of uncerainty in front of me.
I'm ready.
I am finally open.
I am finally happy.
It's time to move on with a full heart.
Sometimes that allowing things to unfold is the toughest thing for us to do isn't it? Move on? Let relationships go? Yes, but actually leaving things and never looking backwards is amongst the strongest things you can do. You never quite know if something will come back around again, but if it does, it was meant to be. If it doesnt in the end, you can still enjoy the present anways. Live here and now.
So let go...that's true strength.
I was under the impression that holding on was the greatest sign of strength - that to prove just how much you need something you must hang onto it with everything that you have. But in that , I lost parts of myself. I lost my capacity to change. I really didn't give other things the chance to change much so I instead ground them into submission without letting them function unreservedly. I came up against one certain feature of life that proved my judged strength weak time and again - life will always change.
So I began to let go. I began to let those pretty and intricate portraits of memories in my mind unfold like streamers in the wind. I let them flow naturally like the waters in the streams.
When the time was right, I rolled them back up, smiled, and started to stare at the open and vast ocean of uncerainty in front of me.
I'm ready.
I am finally open.
I am finally happy.
It's time to move on with a full heart.
Sometimes that allowing things to unfold is the toughest thing for us to do isn't it? Move on? Let relationships go? Yes, but actually leaving things and never looking backwards is amongst the strongest things you can do. You never quite know if something will come back around again, but if it does, it was meant to be. If it doesnt in the end, you can still enjoy the present anways. Live here and now.
So let go...that's true strength.
About the Author:
Evan Sanders is the author of The Words Of Encouragement, a website dedicated to bringing the best quotes, motivational content on the web, and blogs all to one place. Need help in moving on from a broken heart? Dig into these moving on quotes and they will help you take a few steps forward in the right direction.
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