The Power of Letting Go: Embracing Inner Peace and Transformation
Embracing Mindfulness and Self-Discovery for a Fulfilling Life
I have heard the phrase “Letting Go” throughout my life, but I have never come close to being able to allow myself the freedom to LET GO of the array of “stuff” that I have carried with me since childhood. As a child of a single parent, I took on responsibilities that I needed to take at a very young age. This was good, productive, and helpful. I would not change a thing.
Then I became a wife and mother, and I began carrying the responsibility for my children’s successes and failures as if they were my own. If they were happy, I was happy, if they were struggling it was somehow my fault. Once my two sons were grown men, the cycle continued. This pattern of well-meaning but destructive thinking has touched every area of my life. If things were great at work, I was elated but when things didn’t go as they should I carried this too. If anyone in my life was upset with me, I would anguish over this too. So much useless noise was in my mind that I could no longer live a happy and productive life.
I am not sure what happened or why it happened at this point in my life. Could it be that in my darkest hour, He stepped in and released me from the anguish that I have carried for so long. Or perhaps I just got tired, tired of being lost in my mind, tired of so many sleepless nights filled with worry and rumination, tired of trying to live my best life while in a constant state of anxiety. It became very clear to me that I had become a prisoner to my thoughts, and I could no longer help anyone, including myself, and haven’t been able to in a very long time.
So I made the a decision to let it all go and I did.
It feels really good to be clear headed, without all the clutter, noise and rumination that have filled my mind for so long. We have so much more power over our thoughts than we realize but like everything else, we have to make the decision to change.
What we choose to fill our mind with is who we will become.
