Letting Go Part 2

The poem below was sent to me by a friend, most probably after reading my previous post. I just wanted to share this beautiful piece, written by an anonymous, with you. Letting go can be very difficult, but it is oftentimes neccessary to move on. Let me illustrate my point with an anecdote.

There lived a merchant in a faraway place who liked to collect things, big or small, from his journeys to various places. However, due to his limited capacity to transport all of them, he is perplexed as to what to do. Along came a small child who witnessed the dilemna the merchant was experiencing. In an innocent tone, the child said," Why don't you put some of your things aside?"

One may argue that matters of the heart is not equivalent to physical objects. But let me ask you then,"In what way is it different?" It is not the object but our perception of it that causes us to react to it. So, only by letting go can we continue our journey of life, or else we will be burdened by the excessive weight of all these emotional baggage. Furthermore, I believe that it is only through loss that we come to understand and appreciate the things we have.



Letting go doesn't mean I stop caring.
It means that sometimes people have to do it for themselves.

Letting go is not giving in to powerlessness.
It's understanding that complete control
is only ever a rhetorical position.

Letting go is learning that listening
does not mean waiting to speak.
Letting go is not trying to change another.

The more we seek to change others,
the more we are blind to ourselves.
Letting go is staying away from the blame game.

Things happen, people get hurt, people die.
It has always been so.
Letting go is not to regret what has happened,
but to think of the part it plays in where I am now,
and the opportunity it presents for guidance.

Letting go is understanding that
any experience can eventually be helpful,
though this may often be difficult to understand at the time.

Letting go is not to judge,
but to allow another to be a human being,
and make their own way, as you make yours.
Letting go is not to fix,
but to be supportive if my support is requested,
or if my offer of support is accepted.

Letting go is not to automatically deny or accept,
attack or protect, flee or intervene.
Sometimes letting go simply means waiting to see what happens.

Letting go is not to nag, scold, or argue,
but to be aware of how I might improve my relationship to others.

Letting go is not to criticise and regulate anyone,
but to try to live in a spirit of gentleness.

Letting go is to fear less and love more,
For in fearing more we love less and fear even more.

Letting go is trusting that if I can listen
for more helpful understandings of life and how to live it,
and occasionally learn,
The rest will follow.


P.S. I accidentally came across a song from the popular game, FFX-2, called 1ooo WORDS. In my opinion, it's very touching and nice to listen. To download it, CLICK HERE!