Letting Go

Giving up doesn't always mean you are weak; sometimes it means that you are strong enough to let go.  ~ Author Unknown

Indeed, sometimes letting go is the best gift we can give ourselves. 'Letting go' applies to a variety of emotions and situations, and today, I am talking about 'letting go' in reference to love.

'Letting go' and 'giving up' are very different, yet we choose not to differentiate. 'Letting go' refers to soulfully, spiritually and physically saying goodbye to someone, when we know that God and the universe wills it; 'giving up' on the other-hand, is just allowing a relationship to perish, because it involves too much of an effort and/or sacrifice.

Some may wonder how we differentiate between the two. That's easy, look within and ask your heart and soul. All our answers we seek are with us. The question is, are we ready to accept what we already know, or do we choose to look the other way and pretend like everything's okay?
Letting go is not goodbye... far from it. It's a way of saying good-luck. Good-luck to the person you love and good luck to yourself.

And boy, don't we need all the luck, once we do say goodbye. It's natural to question our decision, wonder if we did the right thing, if we tried at all, if only, if only we could give it one last breath of love. I believe, love comes from God, and he helps us realise love and letting go when he believes it's time. Yes, letting go is the hardest thing, especially when we feel like a part of our soul has abandoned us, when we question our feelings and wonder how something so pure, so precious didn't go the way we wanted it to. But then, we realise that because our love is pure and precious, it reinforces us and gives us the strength to let go.

Letting go comes with pain so unbearable that it's impossible to put into words, but it also comes with strength of love, soul and spirit so indomitable that it expands our heart and soul. Once we pass the phase that involves questions, self-pity and even bitterness and anger, we become aware of a tranquil phase, where we are able to acknowledge that while we may always love the person we said goodbye to, we now have space enough to fill our hearts with even more love for another person.

Let go, give yourself all the time to cry, travel, write, walk along the ocean, take-off to a tranquil hills-station, do whatever makes you happy. And then when you reach tranquility, forgive (no matter what transpired between the two of you), smile at the good times, thank the good Lord for the tough ones. Remember, the new you is born because God willed you to be reborn and the new you is born because the person you bade goodbye to, brought you there.
     
Letting go is the hardest thing we do, but we've truly let go of someone, when we find our joy in feeling the way we did, realise that love is always there, when forgiveness is embedded in the core of our being and when we're able to acknowledge what we had with someone and make space in our hearts for a lot more love.

Letting go sanctifies and purifies love, fortifies your strength of soul and spirit, gives your feelings the respect it deserves, opens out hearts, souls and spirits that only letting go can bring.

Have a blessed day. :)