Thought for Today

Some think holding on makes us strong

“Some of us think holding on makes us strong, but sometimes it is letting go.” — Herman Hesse

Letting go of perfection

When you’re passionate about something, you want it to be all it can be. But in the endgame of life, I fundamentally believe the key to happiness is letting go of that idea of perfection. — Debra Messing

Experts at letting things go

“I realise there’s something incredibly honest about trees in winter, how they’re experts at letting things go.” — Jeffrey McDaniel

Not knowing how little we need

“Half of the confusion in the world comes from not knowing how little we need.” Richard E. Byrd

Let go of attachment to beng right

“Let go of your attachment to being right, and suddenly your mind is more open.” —Ralph Marston

The happiness we seek is already here

“The happiness we seek cannot be found through grasping, trying to hold on to things. It cannot be found through getting serious and uptight about wanting things to go in the direction we think will bring happiness. We are always taking hold of the wrong end of the stick. The point is that the happinessContinue reading “The happiness we seek is already here”

Sometimes you have to let go…

“Sometimes you have to let go to see if there was anything worth holding onto.” — Socrates

There are no mistakes

“There are no mistakes. The events we bring upon ourselves, no matter how unpleasant, are necessary in order to learn what we need to learn; whatever steps we take, they’re necessary to reach the places we’ve chosen to go.” — Richard Bach

These things matter

“In the end these things matter most: How well did you love? How fully did you live? How deeply did you let go?” —Gautama Buddha

Letting go

We are living through a time when we are being called to let go of many things such as: Control Old grudges Anger Greed Selfishness The need to be constantly busy Our ideas of “work , “church” and “school” Destructive ways of interacting with the earth Ideas of race and policing The idea of theContinue reading “Letting go”