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
Not knowing how little we need
“Half of the confusion in the world comes from not knowing how little we need.”
Let go of attachment to beng right
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 happiness we seek is already here and it will be found through relaxation and letting go rather than through struggle.” — Pema Chodron
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
These things matter
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 the perfection of our county
Everything seems to be falling apart. Yet we seem to be clinging to old ways of doing things tighter than ever, even though they no longer seem to be working.
Sometimes we have to let go of what is no longer working to create something new and better. I believe this is such a time.
Please join me this month as we explore letting go. What one thing is your life are you being called to let go?
Don’t just do something, sit there
stop“We do so much, we run so quickly, the situation is difficult, and many people say, “Don’t just sit there, do something.” But doing more things may make the situation worse. So you should say, “Don’t just do something, sit there.” Sit there, stop, be yourself first, and begin from there.”
― Being Peace
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