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| Thursday, January 13, 2005 |
| letting go. |
i once read a book for my Introduction to Fiction class in DLSU called Letting Go. But before you perceive it as some hopeless romantic sappy unrequited love stories - it presented the different instances and attitudes that one goes through to detach from hurtful or painful experiences. The most commonly discussed is, naturally, that of the loss of romantic love and physical death.
I read this email today from a friend which gives concise advice on the romantic classification. I've heard a lot of sad stories in recent weeks from other friends who have bouts of suffering stemming from their respective break-ups. I say, wallow in the sadness but given a few weeks or months, know that it's time to move on. Life cannot revolve around another person. It should first and foremost be about yourself. Your existence shouldn't be dictated by the actions of others because you were made as an individual and you have your own life to live.
And maybe this will help...
Something to start the year right...Let it go for 2005...
by T. D. Jakes
There are people who can walk away from you.
And hear me when I tell you this! When people can walk away from you: let them walk.
I don't want you to try to talk another person into staying with you, loving you, calling you, caring about you, coming to see you, staying attached to you. I mean hang up the phone.
When people can walk away from you let them walk. Your destiny is never tied to anybody that left.
People leave you because they are not joined to you. And if they are not joined to you, you can't make them stay.
Let them go.
And it doesn't mean that they are a bad person it just means that their part in the story is over. And you've got to know when people's part in your story is over so that you don't keep trying to raise the dead. You've got to know when it's dead.
You've got to know when it's over. Let me tell you something. I've got the gift of good-bye. It's the tenth spiritual gift, I believe in good-bye. It's not that I'm hateful, it's that I'm faithful, and I know! whatever God means for me to have He'll give it to me. And if it takes too much sweat I don't need it. Stop begging people to stay. Let them go!!
If you are holding on to something that doesn't belong to you and was never intended for your life, then you need to......Let it go.
If you are holding on to past hurts and pains ......
If someone can't treat you right, love you back, and see your worth.....
If someone has angered you .......
If you are holding on to some thoughts of evil and revenge......
If you are involved in a wrong relationship or addiction......
If you are holding on to a job that no longer meets your needs or talents ......
If you have a bad attitude.......
If you keep judging others to make yourself feel better......
If you're stuck in the past and God is trying to take you to a new level in Him......
If you are struggling with the healing of a broken relationship.......
If you keep trying to help someone who won't even try to help themselves......
If you're feeling depressed and stressed .........
If there is a particular situation that you are so used to handling yourself and God is saying "take your hands off of it," then you need to......
Let it go.
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posted by maldita @ 9:23 PM
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