> Practical Family Living

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 that I can't control another

To "let go" is to not enable   But to 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 to not 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 nag, scold or argue    But instead to search out my own

shortcomings and correct them

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 criticize and regulate anybody    But to try to become what I dream I

can be

To "let go" is to not regret the past    But to grow and live for the future

To "let go" is to fear less    And love more