Letting Go

I have come to realize in the last months that there is a theme that keeps reoccurring in my life and that is LETTING GO of things that I have no control over. I also realize that I am terrible at it and wonder why I am continually being called to give up the things that I care about the most. Maybe it is because I put them above taking care of myself and my relationship with my father that will never end. Maybe this is all to help me learn even more every day how much that I cannot do anything by myself but it is through God's grace that I am able to do anything. This is still something that I have to work on and at times letting go is a struggle because it means that I am not in control and I have to surrender.

here is a poem that I saw...


To let go does not mean to stop caring,
it means I can't do it for someone else.
To let go is not to cut myself off,
it's the realization I can't control another.
To let go is not to enable,
but allow learning from natural consequences.
To let go is to admit powerlessness, which means
the outcome is not in my hands.
To let go is not to try to change or blame another,
it's to make the most of myself.
To let go is not to care for,
but to care about.
To let go is not to fix,
but to be supportive.
To let go is not to judge,
but to allow another to be a human being.
To let go is not to be in the middle arranging all the outcomes,
but to allow others to affect their destinies.
To let go is not to be protective,
it's to permit another to face reality.
To let go is not to deny,
but to accept.
To let go is not to adjust everything to my desires,
but to take each day as it comes and cherish myself in it.
To let go is not to regret the past,
but to grow and live for the future.
To let go is to fear less and love more
because: The time to love is short

I am so thankful everyday for God's promise that he will never leave me!!