Letting Go

One of my favorite blogs is Carrie and Danielle. They are Canadian style mavens who each day provide a thought-provoking quote or question.

Today they asked, "What do you need to let go?" They started the dialogue with the following statement:

Letting go is an art form that can make the difference between ugliness or beauty, turmoil or grace. Whether it’s stuff in your home, thoughts in your head, or connections to people and places, with practice, you can live in a way in which letting go is second nature - and presence takes first place. The beauty with learning to let go is that releasing the little things (small grievances, bits of clutter) can make for big changes.

Essentially if you are moving forward in our lives, you are in some regular process of letting go. You may need to let go of a relationship that is not nurturing your true self. You may need to let go of a job that is not supporting your talents and interests. You may need to let go of ideas about yourself and who you should be to experience peace, happiness and abundance. You may need to let go of material items that no longer serve you and that are blocking your ability to receive new things.

Letting go is difficult because we rarely know when or if a replacement is coming. The choice is to hold onto the old, familiar out of fear and stagnant in your current existence or to trust that by releasing what no longer feeds your soul you are inviting that which will make your life more enjoyable.

Exercise:
Think about what you need to let go of in your life...and do it!