I have been interested in the psychology of “letting go” most of my life…I was introduced to it when becoming familiar with Oriental Philosophy as a young man…and found it one of the most valuable skills I’ve learned in life…it is primarily concerned with the letting go of both inner and outer clutter which can open a window to a lightness and freer consciousness…clutte could include not only material things but also socially imposed beliefs and meaningless or unwholesome relationships.
All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.~ Havelock Ellis
As I started to picture the trees in the storm, the answer began to dawn on me. The trees in the storm don’t try to stand up straight and tall and erect. They allow themselves to bend and be blown with the wind. They understand the power of letting go. Those trees and those branches that try too hard to stand up strong and straight are the ones that break.~ Julia Butterfly Hill
By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try. The world is beyond the winning. When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.~ Lao Tzu
We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the life that is waiting for us.~ Joseph Campbell
Letting go doesn’t mean giving up, but rather accepting that there are things that cannot be.~ Anon
The harder you fight to hold on to specific assumptions, the more likely there’s gold in letting go of them.~John Seely Brown
Truly loving another means letting go of all expectations. It means full acceptance, even celebration of another’s personhood.~ Karen Casey
There are things that we never want to let go of, people we never want to leave behind. But keep in mind that letting go isn’t the end of the world, it’s the beginning of a new life.~ Author Unknown
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