It's Time to Let Go

It's Time to Let Go
(personal reflection)

Today, yet another little 'drama' unfolded before me...and I was in great sadness, as I watched another friend bury her head in her hands...in utter defeat. How did her spirit get so broken at this point? Easy...all it took was her charges' attitude...they were 'switched off', and found no reason to do any more work.

Perhaps, age has made me a little wiser (?), or it is because I share the same sentiments as them since it has happened to me many times over? Perhaps, the answer to us remaining sane and stoic in times like this, can be found in this poem I found.
Kudos to the writer, whoever you are.



LETTING GO TAKES LOVE

To let go does not mean to stop caring,
it means I can't do it for someone else.
To let go is not to cut myself off,
it's the realization I can't control another.
To let go is not to enable,
but allow learning from natural consequences.
To let go is to admit powerlessness, which means
the outcome is not in my hands.
To let go is not to try to change or blame another,
it's to make the most of myself.
To let go is not to care for,
but to care about.
To let go is not to fix,
but to be supportive.
To let go is not to judge,
but to allow another to be a human being.
To let go is not to be in the middle arranging all the outcomes,
but to allow others to affect their destinies.
To let go is not to be protective,
it's to permit another to face reality.
To let go is not to deny,
but to accept.
To let go is not to nag, scold or argue,
but instead to search out my own shortcomings and correct them.
To let go is not to adjust everything to my desires,
but to take each day as it comes and cherish myself in it.
To let go is not to criticize or regulate anybody,
but to try to become what I dream I can be.
To let go is not to regret the past,
but to grow and live for the future.

To let go is to fear less and love more
Remember: The time to love is short

------ author unknown


To M,V,S,R,N...and my 'comrade-in-arms',
The time has come to let go...But not out of fear, or frustration, but because we are ready to let them fly. Stay strong in the knowledge that you all have done your very best.

My Prayer for Today,
Dear God, I am ready to let go...and release the many hands I have held on so tightly to this year...and as they make their tentative steps on their own, remind me to walk just a step behind them...so that just in case they fall, I can still catch. And please, like an anxious mother who has to gently let go of the hands, let me find comfort in the knowledge that I may still have the chance to hold their hearts forever. - Ameen